Panipuri chaat/Golgappa or Puchka

An evening in Kolkata.

Well thats the view from our window for the evening ,sun is setting us goodbye after a long day work ,and its time for us to have some evening snacks.

Panipuri /Golgappa
Winters are definitely one of the most favorable season to indulge in street foods .I remember we friends would often go to the Panipuri /Golgappa wallas who would be camping outside our college Premise, Oh those were wonderful carefree years ,while we Graduated and went separate ways,some to the family way and some to the profession way .

One thing that still remains fresh in our mind is these street foods .My hubby and his friends would also go to their favorite joints and gorge on aloo tikki,Golgappas too.As we were craving for yum Golgappas and also remembering our wonderful college days ,We got these readymade Golgappa packets from our near by local grocery shop .Here it is the simple recipe that is made with some of the left-overs .We had Chickpeas curry/Chole left after last night Dinner ,and some of the boiled potatoes ,that were left after making Aloo-paratha in the Morning for Breakfast .Here with these the evening snack is ready .

For Golgappa Filling
½ cup garbanzo beans /chickpeas/chole (can use canned one also ,but I would prefer to stick to fresh ones )or leftover Chole curry .
I small boiled potato
Salt as per taste
½ tsp of red pepper powder (can add more for spiciness )
For the Pani
1-2 glass of water
1tbs of salt
2-3 tbs of cumin powder
1 green lemon ,cut for juice
Mint leaves (optional)
Mix all to prepare the Panipuri Pani
And in the meanwhile mash potato and chole ,add all the masala
Fill in the mashed potato/chole filling in every puri and dip in Pani and enjoy.
happy cooking friends.