Mexican Sev Puri with Black Bean Salsa

One of the guilty pleasures for wifey and I is sev puri from our home city of Mumbai. One of the few occasions that we get to taste it is on our bi-monthly trip to Atlanta to buy Indian groceries. But what happens when we are craving street food and Atlanta is still a long way away?? That is my cue to whip up this delicious concoction at home usually with some kind of unusual twist. This time the end result turned out to be this funky, frugal and lip-smackingly delicious Mexican Sev Puri with Black Bean Salsa.

Atlanta Food excursion…

Living in a small city like Birmingham, AL we cannot get our usual fix of Indian foods from a couple of small mom and pop Indian stores. There is no option but to drive a couple of hours to Atlanta to shop at the big daddy of Indian stores (CHUCKLES!!!). If y’all are thinking that this is one mighty inconvenience then I would have definitely agreed.. But that was before I realized that this Indian store is located next to a couple of restaurants selling Mumbai street food. Now wifey and I are usually on cloud nine on the days we go grocery shopping..

Our last excursion was a couple of weeks ago. I must say this time we indulged ourselves a little more than normal (LAUGHS!!!!). Even the temple we went to had its own little restaurant. We just couldn’t help ourselves and started eating earlier than we had planned… Here’s where I pump the brakes and stop talking because all this was 2 weeks ago and any more talk about it is just making my mouth salivate!!!!!

But being a decent enough cook myself I am indeed in a position to do something about it.. That and the intense cravings wifey and I were having for the street food especially “chaat” turned out to be a huge motivation for this recipe. Chaat for the uninitiated is a type of savory snack served on the roadside shacks of Mumbai. The sheer variety of chaat dishes definitely make it a cuisine by itself.

Initially I was just going to make one of the traditional recipes for wifey and I to enjoy. But when wifey dear started talking about one of Gordon Ramsay’s black bean recipes I knew I had the inspiration for my next post. Chef Ramsay roasted the black beans with a few spices and served it with guac and tortilla chips.

Mexican Sev Puri

Yours truly simply made a salsa with the black beans and served it over a crispy puri. A puri like this is truly a staple of a large number of chaat recipes. Now if that isn’t being truly inspired by your idol then I don’t know what is???

How to make Black Bean Salsa

For the salsa topping I kept it simple!!! Onions, tomatoes, jalapeños for a little heat, cilantro, lemon juice and another mainstay of Mumbai street food i.e. chaat masala.

It didn’t take me long to fry up the puris too since I have made it before HERE. I only had to remember to poke holes in the dough. That allowed the puris to crisp up instead of puffing up.

All that’s left is to simply top these puris with the black bean mixture and enjoy the delicious bite of black bean goodness…

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• Dahi Vada (chaat)
• Avocado Papdi Chaat
• Cheesy Tatertot Chaat
• Dal Pakora Chaat
• Cheese Dabeli – A Popular Indian Chaat loved by all.

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Mexican Sev Puri with Black Bean Salsa.

Rahul

Black Bean Sev Puri, as the name indicates is puris topped with a black bean salsa and sev. Tangy, crispy and tongue ticklingly delicious chaat!!!!!

5 from 2 votes

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Prep Time 15 minutes mins

Cook Time 30 minutes mins

Total Time 45 minutes mins

Course Chaat, Snack

Cuisine Fusion, Indian-Mexican

Ingredients

  

Black Bean Salsa

• 1½ cup Black Beans
• ½ medium Onion diced
• ½ Jalapeno diced
• 1 full Tomato diced
• 1½ tbsp Lemon Juice
• 1½ tsp Chaat Masala
• Generous Cilantro
• Salt to taste

Puri

• ¼ cup Rice Flour
• ¼ cup Whole Wheat Flour
• ¼ cup All purpose flour
• 5 tbsp Water
• Salt
• Oil for deep frying

Instructions

 

• Cook black beans in a pressure cooker till soft.
• In a large bowl mix all the ingredients mentioned in the above list for the salsa and keep it in a refrigerator for an hour or overnight which would be better.

Puri

• Combine rice flour, wheat flour, all purpose flour and salt. Add water little at a time and mix. Knead slowly to form a semi stiff dough. Divide the dough in equal parts.
• On a floured surface roll the dough in a thin circle with a rolling pin.
• With a cutter, cut out circles in the dough. Remove the extra dough and add it to the unused dough. Prick each puri with a fork.
• Gently slide 3 to 4 puris into the hot oil in a frying pan and fry till golden brown on both sides.
• Drain on absorbent paper. Repeat with the remaining dough.

Assembly

• Fill a plate with puris. Top it with the black bean mixture. Sprinkle sev evenly over it.
• Pop in your mouth immediately.
• Enjoy.

Keyword Black bean Sev Puri, Chaat, Mexican Chaat

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