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Dabeli
🇮🇳 Indian Vegetarian

Dabeli

🇮🇳 Indian

Street-food energy in your own kitchen — sharp, sweet, spicy and crunchy all at once. Ready in 35 minutes including prep.

Prep 20 min Cook 15 min Serves 2 Medium

Ingredients

  • Ginger Garlic Paste1 tbsp
  • Garam Masala1/2 tsp
  • Saltto taste
  • Turmeric Powder1/2 tsp
  • Potato3
  • Pav Bread Rolls6
  • Chaat Masala1 tsp
  • Red Chili Powder1 tsp
  • Pomegranate Seeds1/4 cup
  • Crushed Peanuts1/4 cup

Optional extras

  • Mint Leavesfor the hari chutney
  • Fresh Cilantrofor the hari chutney
  • Tamarind Paste2 tbsp, for the meethi chutney
  • Jaggery1 tbsp, for the meethi chutney

Instructions

  1. 1

    Make the filling — spiced potato for vada pav, sweet-spicy for dabeli — and cool it.

  2. 2

    Coat and fry until dark gold; the crust should crackle.

  3. 3

    Butter and toast the pav, then build: chutney, the hot patty, more chutney, crushed peanuts.

  4. 4

    Serve immediately, wrapped in paper like the street stall would.

Chef's tip

Make both chutneys ahead; they keep a week in the fridge and improve overnight.

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Watch how it's made

Video: Kutchi Dabeli Recipe | Double Roti | Indian Street Food | कच्छी दाबेली | Chef Sanjyot Keer · on YouTube