Sev Puri is a popular Chaat { Indian Street Food } from Mumbai made with chaat papdi, chaat chutneys, potatoes, sev and spice powders.
What is Sev Puri ?
Sev Puri also known as "Sev Batata Puri" is an Indian Street food snack where the layers of ingredients are assembled on a flat crisp called Papdi.
As such, its a myth that Chaat is quite difficult and cumbersome task. There is some easy preparation needed in advance and then assembling a chaat just takes a few minutes, just like this Sev Batata Puri.
What are the layers of Ingredients in Sev Puri?
Sev Puri Papdi's / Puri's - These are thin flat disks of crisps made with Whole Wheat flour or a combination of WholeWheat Flour and All Purpose flour { Maida }. Make them at home or buy them from an Asian grocery store.
Potato - Also called as 'Batata'. The Potatoes are boiled well, peeled and cubed or roughly mashed. I do season them with a bit of salt.
Green Chutney - Also known as Coriander Chutney for chaat. This Chutney is absolutely essential in the preparation of any chaat.
Red Chutney - Also known as Tamarind Chutney or Dates Tamarind Chutney. This Chutney is also an essential ingredients for chaat.
Sev - Sev is a gram flour thin noodles that can be bought from an Indian stores.
Onions - Finely Chopped Onions will add a crunch to the Sev Puri Chaat.
Spice Powders - Red Chilli Powder, Roasted Cumin Powder & Chaat Masala.
The Best part about making chaat is that chutney's can be made a few days in advance and stored in refrigerator. If I manage to make large portions, I store them in individual small containers and freeze them. In that way, Chutney's are always ready at home and you can enjoy street food in minutes! I have a post elaborating on the Essential Chutney's for Chaat , don't forget to check it!
Sev Puri is best enjoyed with papdi and Yogurt is not added on Sev Puri.
If you enjoy drizzling yogurt over your sev puris, the dish actually turns out to be papdi chaat along with additional ingredients like chickpeas etc.
If you prefer to use the Puffed Puri , you make them at home using my air fryer pani puri method. Then simply add yogurt to the same fillings as sev poori and serve. It is called Dahi Puri.
Some Chaat are authentic and best served as is!!
More Indian street food recipes you will love
Recipe FAQ's
You can swap papdi with tortilla chips or Ritz crackers. They both work well and give you that nice crunch!
Papdi Chaat is a popular North Indian snack with lots of papdis (crispy crackers) mixed with green chutney for chaat, khajoor chutney, yogurt, and spices. In Mumbai, it's called Sev Puri, and the main difference is that Sev Puri doesn't use yogurt. The amount of sev (crispy noodles) or papdis also varies between the two. That's it!
Mumbai sev puri recipe below
Ingredients
Ingredients for Sev Puri
- 24 Papdi
- ½ Cup Green Chutney
- ½ Cup Dates Chutney
- 2 potatoes boiled, peeled, chopped in little chunks, seasoned with salt
- 1 Cup Nylon Sev
- 2 teaspoon Cumin Powder
- 2 teaspoon Chaat Masala
- 1 teaspoon Red Chilli Powder
- 1 Finely Chopped Onions
- coriander leaves, finely chopped
- Lemon Juice { Optional }
Instructions
To prepare Sev Puri
- Arrange 5-6 Papdi in a plate, layer it chunks of boiled potatoes .
- Sprinkle some Chaat Masala & Cumin Powder.
- Drizzle green chutney and red chutney on the top and add Sev on the top.
- Sprinkle chaat masala, cumin powder & red chilli powder.
- Top it with onions and coriander leaves and serve the Sev Puri immediately. You can squeeze some lemon juice on the top if you like. Its optional.
Sanjeeta kk says
Sorry for writing this comment with mouth full of water. lovely and tempting pictures, Sandhya.
Priya says
Sandhya,thanks for ur comments, regarding ur q'n about dates n oats bread, just follow the same proportion dear, hope this helps..
myspicykitchen says
Love chaat and your pictures are making me hungry!
Sushma Mallya says
wow they really look really tempting sandy:)
Priya (Yallapantula) Mitharwal says
Wow, Sandhya, what a wonderful presentation. I love sev puri.
Rachana says
Looks so tempting!!!! Wish to have some now 🙂
Sandhya Hariharan says
Thanks Raje...it is Sev Puri only . Papdi Chat will have broken papdi and drizzle of yogurt over it and bit of Sev..
Apologies to correct u ... But tats the dish!
RAKS KITCHEN says
Yummy,crunchy papdi chaat,looks too good to resist!
Jaisy James says
looks lovely n nice click too
Sandhya Hariharan says
@ Ananda.. you are sooo damn funny...
Glad this is really droolworthy 🙂
Nylon sev is something very hard to get it in UK... I buy mild sev occasionally and try crushing them....
Lena Rashmin Raj says
Awesome shots as usual Sandhya.. First snap is too tempting.. 🙂
Ramya Manja says
Very tempting pics,reminds me of my childhood days...
An Open Book says
now id love 2 have some of that for sure!
Gulmohar says
Looks so tempting..The weather here is so chilly and I really need something lik this to cheer me up 🙂
Priya says
Drooling rite now here...simply irresistible..