Homemade Pani Puri Recipe -Calcutta Style Puchka Recipe

Calcutta Style Puchkas also known as Pani Puri and Golgappa is a simple and delicious recipe to make at home. This recipe is inspired from the streets of Calcutta. These Pani Puri or Puchka as they are called in Calcutta are the best street food you can have in India on a hot summer day, a rainy day, a gloomy day, basically a day you want your mood to be uplifted. It is a spicy, tangy and thirst quenching street food that brings people together from all communities in India on the streets.  Homemade Puri, Sweet Chutney (Date & Tamarind), Mint Leaves (Pudina), Coriander (Dhania) Leaves, Green Chilli, Red Chilli powder, Tamarind Water, Cumin powder (Jeera), Rock Salt, Chaat Masala Powder, Kala Chana (Brown Chickpeas), Potatoes (Aloo), Red Chilli powder, Rock Salt, Muri Masala, Salt   20 Homemade Puri , or store bought puri’s 1 cup Sweet Chutney (Date & Tamarind) Ingredients for the Pani 2 sprig Mint Leaves (Pudina) , finely chopped 3 sprig Coriander (Dhania) Leaves , finely chopped 2 Green Chilli , ground to paste, I use a motor and pestle to make this paste 1/2 teaspoon Red Chilli powder 1 cup Tamarind Water 1 teaspoon Cumin powder (Jeera) , roasted 1 teaspoon Rock Salt 1 teaspoon Chaat Masala Powder Ingredients for the filling 1/2 cup Kala Chana (Brown Chickpeas) , boiled 2 Potatoes (Aloo) , boiled and mashed 1/2 teaspoon Red Chilli powder 1 teaspoon Rock Salt 1 teaspoon Muri Masala , (optional – but a must for the Calcutta style, the recipe of which is a trade secret to the street vendors) Salt , to taste     10   45     To begin making the Calcutta Style Puchkas Recipe (Pani Puri Recipe) by following the procedure below