Dabeli is a vegetarian delight comprising boiled and mashed potatoes, sandwiched between traditional Indian buns called pav. The potatoes are mixed with a dabeli masala, from which it derives it name. Top your potatoes with several chutneys; sweet tamarind, spicy garlic, and red hot – red chilli chutney. When you add the sweet and salty of fresh pomegranate pearls and roasted peanuts you have an explosion of flavor. Bring these delicious sandwiches everywhere, packed in your new Vaya Tyffyn lunchbox. This recipe is simple and quick!
Health Benefits
The primary ingredient of Dabeli are potatoes. Potatoes are a vital source of vitamins C and B6. A veritable storehouse of potassium, potatoes provides even more potassium than bananas, making it a great snack for your post workout routines. Potassium helps regulate the fluids and mineral balance in cells, and maintains normal blood pressure. The complex carbohydrates provide all the fuel your body needs to power through even the most sluggish day.
Potatoes provide the following extra health benefits:
- Prevent cancer
- Lower blood pressure
- Prevent heart disease
- Treat kidney stones
- Treat diarrhea
- Treat Scurvy
Ingredients
round buns (pavs): 4
dabeli masala powder: 1 1/2 tbsp
oil: 3 tbsp
large potatoes – boiled and mashed: 2
salt to taste
lemon Juice: 1 tsp
sweet date and tamarind chutney: 1 cup
Sugar: 1 tbsp
masala moongphalli (spicy peanuts): ½ cup
coconut – scraped: ¼ cup
pomegranate pearls: ¼ cup
black grapes – chopped: 10-12
sev: 1 cup
fresh coriander leaves – chopped: 2 tbsp
red chilli garlic chutney: ¼ cup
medium onions – chopped: 2
Butter: 2 tbsp
How To Make Dabeli
- Heat oil in a pan.
- Add potatoes, salt and a some water. Stir to combine and add dabeli masala, lemon juice, half cup sweet tamarind chutney, and sugar.
- Mix, cook till the moisture is absorbed, and transfer to a plate and spread the mixture.
- Sprinkle masala moongphali, scraped coconut, pomegranate pearls, black grapes, ½ cup sev and coriander leaves.
- Slit pavs horizontally without cutting through.
- Spread red chilli-garlic chutney, a layer of the stuffing, sweet date and tamarind chutney, onion and the remaining sev between the two halves.
- Place the stuffed pavs on a hot tawa and toast both sides with butter and enjoy