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Dabeli

Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 50 minutes
Total Time 1 hour
Course Snack
Cuisine Indian
Servings 12 People

Ingredients
  

  • 7 Big Potatoes
  • 3 Tbsp Dabeli Masala
  • 1 1/4th Cup Dates and Tamarind Chutney
  • 4 Tbsp Oil
  • 100 Gm Salted Butter
  • 50 Gm Roasted Salted Peanuts
  • 4 Medium Onions
  • 50 Gm Nylon Shev
  • 2 Pomegranates
  • 1/2 Cup Red Chutney
  • 24 Ladi Pav (Bread)
  • 2 Tbsp Water
  • Salt

Instructions
 

  • Remove all the seeds from the pomegranate. 
  • Finely chop onions.

For Stuffing:

  • Boil the potatoes.
  • Mash the potatoes.
  • In a pot heat oil. 
  • Add dabeli masala, mashed potatoes and salt.
  • Let the mixture gets cool and then add dates and tamarind chutney. Mix well.
  • Store the mixture in a bowl and add some pomegranate seeds.

Dabeli Assembly:

  • Cut the ladi pav (bread) into half. Apply salted butter and slightly heat it on the pan till the butter is melted and the pav forms slight crust.
  • Remove the pav from the pan.
  • Add about 2 tbsp water to red chutney to make it pliable.
  • Apply dates and tamarind chutney on one halve and red chutney on the other halve.
  • Add potato mixture, pomegranate seeds, cut onion, roasted salted peanuts to the one halve of pav.
  • Close both sides of the pav. Apply butter on both sides and again heat it on the pan till the sides form a slight crust.
  • Remove the dabeli. Open it and add about 1 tsp nylon shev to each dabeli and serve.

Notes

Traditionally only dates and tamarind chutney is applied on the pav along with other ingredients. However I have observed that the red chutney adds a nice background kick of chili and garlic flavor to the dabeli.
You will need:
Dates and tamarind chutney
Red Chutney