Dahi puri is an Indian snack/street food which has small fried semolina balls filled with yogurt, chutney and spices. It's sweet, tangy and, spicy and I bet you can't have one!

Recipe Snapshot

  • Prep time: 30 minutes
  • Cook time: Not specified
  • Total time: 30 minutes
  • Yield: 4
  • Category: Appetizer, Snack
  • Cuisine: Indian

Ingredients

  • 1 & 1/2 cups plain yogurt (mixed with 4 tablespoon water and 2 teaspoons sugar (I used whole milk full fat yogurt))
  • 1/2 cup boiled & cubed potato (cut into small cubes)
  • 1/3 cup onion (chopped)
  • 1/4 cup cilantro chutney (or more as needed)
  • 1/4 cup tamarind chutney (or more as needed)
  • 15-20 golgappe/panipuri (store bought or homemade)
  • cumin powder, black salt (to sprinkle, as needed)
  • chaat masala, red chili powder (to sprinkle, as needed)
  • 1 tablespoon nylon sev (thin sev)
  • 1 tablespoon chopped cilantro

Method

  1. Arrange the golgappas on a serving plate. Carefully break each golgappa in the center using your fingers. This is to make space for all the filling.
  2. Add the boiled potato cubes to each of the golgappa. Make sure to chop the potato into small pieces. Then add the chopped onion.
  3. Sprinkle cumin powder, black salt, chaat masala, and red chili powder over the top of each golgappa.
  4. Then fill each golgappa with cilantro chutney, followed by tamarind chutney. You can add around 1/2 to 1 teaspoon of each, this depends on the size of golgappas you are using.
  5. Then fill each golgappa with the prepared yogurt. Add lot of yogurt, since this is dahi puri, yogurt has to be the star ingredient.
  6. Sprinkle cumin powder, black salt (kala namak), chaat masala, and red chili powder again on top of the yogurt.
  7. Top with nylon sev and then with chopped cilantro. Serve dahi puri immediately else it will get soggy.

Kiyaan Singh’s Kitchen Note

Keep this recipe as a working base: cook once as written, then adjust spice, texture, and serving style for your own table.