Easy to Make Kacchi Dabeli Recipe (Step-by-step) Dabeli Recipe

Kachhi Dabeli is one of the popular Indian Street food snacks. Originated from the Kutch region of Gujarat, the lip-smackingly yummy Kacchi Dabeli recipe has taken the street food world by storm. Commonly found in the cities across Maharashtra and Gujarat, the Kachhi Dabeli recipe is simply the easiest and the BEST sliders to make at home.

Dabeli dish is prepared by potato stuffing and pav. In the Gujarati language, Dabeli means pressed. In the 1960s, Keshavji Gabha Chudasama urf Kesha Malam invented it. He was a resident of Mandvi, Kutch which is in the state of Gujarat. So Kutchi Dabeli got its name from here. Keshav’s next generations are operating his shop now in Mandvi.

A simple butter toasted pav stuffed with seasoned dabeli masala and topped with pomegranate seeds, nylon sev, and peanuts, Kacchi Dabeli Recipe is a total crowd pleaser and a perfect appetizer which could be easily served in festival parties, tea parties, or casual get-togethers.

All you need is your everyday ingredients, gather them together, roast some pav and stuff in your dabeli masala, and your sweet, spicy, tangy easy to make Kacchi Dabeli Recipe is ready to be savored.

Also, I have attached a few points to remember while making the Kacchi Dabeli Recipe, do check them out.

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3. Bread Besan Toast

Kacchi Dabeli Recipe

To make a homemade dabeli recipe, you would need,

• Pav
• Coriander Leaves
• Peanuts
• Garlic
• Red Chili
• Lemon Juice
• Coriander seeds
• Dry Red Chili
• Cinnamon Stick
• Cumin Seeds
• Cloves
• Onion chopped
• Potatoes
• Dabeli Masala
• Cumin Seeds
• Dates-Tamarind Chutney
• Coriander Leaves
• Pomegranate Seeds
• Oil
• Salt
• Water

– Before starting the recipe, soak ½ Cup garlic and 2 Red chilies in separate vessels for 30 minutes and keep it aside.

– Take a large kadhai and bring it to heat on medium flame. Dry roast ½ Tsp cumin seeds, 1 red chili, ½ inch cinnamon stick, 3 cloves, and coriander seeds together.

– Now, add these ingredients in a grinder and grind them to a fine powder. Keep it aside.

– Add the soaked garlic, and red chilies into a grinder jar and grind them into a paste. Add lemon juice and salt according to your taste. Add water if necessary and keep it aside.

– Boil 3 medium-sized potatoes using a pressure cooker. After it is cooked, peel it and keep it aside and let them cool.

– Take a kadhai, add 2 Tbsp oil and let it heat on medium flame. Now, add ½ Tsp Cumin seeds, saute them until they start crackling. Add 1 chopped onions, a pinch of hing and saute it until the onions turn soft.

– Then, add 2 Tbsp dates tamarind Chutney to it and saute it. Now, mash the potatoes and add them to the mixture.
Add the dabeli masala powder and salt and mix them well.

– Keep stirring the mixture so that all the ingredients mix well. Keep the filling not too thin neither too thick. Adjust it by adding water or by cooking it for some more minutes.

– After it is done, spread it on a plate, sprinkle some pomegranate seeds, chopped coriander leaves and keep it aside. Take 1 bun or pav. Apply some garlic chutney on one side and sweet tamarind chutney on the other.

– Using a small spoon, add 1 spoon potato filling in it. Then add some chopped onions, pomegranate seeds, and roasted peanuts.

– Now, add another spoon of potato filling. You can add 1 spoon or ½ spoon of the filling in this step. Now, heat a Tawa, add 1 Tsp butter or ghee whichever you prefer, toast the potato-filled dabeli until both the sides become crunchy. It tastes better when crunchy.

– Stick some nylon sev to the dabeli filling.

– Your Kacchi Dabeli Recipe is ready to be served. Serve the dabeli recipe along with chopped onions and roasted peanuts. Serve it warm. You can also add some grated cheese with the filling.

Kacchi Dabeli Recipe | Recipe of Kacchi Dabeli

How to Make Dabeli at Home?

Amit Roy

Kachhi Dabeli is one of the popular Indian Street food snacks. Originated from the Kutch region of Gujarat, the lip-smackingly yummy Kacchi Dabeli recipe is the easiest and the BEST sliders to make at home.

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Prep Time 30 minutes mins

Cook Time 10 minutes mins

Soaking Time 30 minutes mins

Total Time 1 hour hr 10 minutes mins

Course Breakfast, Snacks

Cuisine Indian

Servings 3 people

Ingredients

  

• 6 Buns or Pav
• ½ cup Coriander Leaves finely chopped
• ½ cup Peanuts roasted
• ½ cup Garlic
• 2 Red Chili
• ½ tsp Lemon Juice
• 1 tsp Coriander seeds
• 1 Dry Red Chili
• ½ inch Cinnamon Stick
• ½ tsp Cumin Seeds
• 3 Cloves
• 1 small Onion chopped
• 3 medium Potatoes peeled and smashed
• 2 tsp Dabeli Masala
• ½ tsp Cumin Seeds
• 2 tbsp Dates-Tamarind Chutney
• ¼ cup Coriander Leaves chopped
• ¼ cup Pomegranate Seeds
• Oil as needed
• Salt as needed
• Water as needed

Instructions

 

• Before starting the recipe, soak ½ Cup garlic and 2 Red chilies in separate vessels for 30 minutes and keep it aside.

How to Prepare Dabeli Masala?

• Take a large kadhai and bring it to heat on medium flame.
• Dry roast ½ Tsp cumin seeds, 1 red chili, ½ inch cinnamon stick, 3 cloves, and coriander seeds together.
• Now, add these ingredients in a grinder and grind them to a fine powder.
• Keep it aside.

Steps to Prepare the Garlic Chutney

• Add the soaked garlic, and red chilies into a grinder jar and grind them into a paste.
• Add lemon juice and salt according to your taste.
• Add water if necessary and keep it aside.

How to Prepare the Potato Filling

• Boil 3 medium-sized potatoes using a pressure cooker. After it is cooked, peel it and keep it aside and let them cool.
• Take a kadhai, add 2 Tbsp oil and let it heat on medium flame.
• Now, add ½ Tsp Cumin seeds, saute them until they start crackling.
• Add 1 chopped onions, a pinch of hing and saute it until the onions turn soft.
• Then, add 2 Tbsp dates tamarind Chutney to it and saute it.
• Now, mash the potatoes and add them to the mixture.
• Add the dabeli masala powder and salt and mix them well.
• Keep stirring the mixture so that all the ingredients mix well. Keep the filling not too thin neither too thick. Adjust it by adding water or by cooking it for some more minutes.
• After it is done, spread it on a plate, sprinkle some pomegranate seeds, chopped coriander leaves and keep it aside.

Steps to Make the Dabeli Dish

• Take 1 bun or pav. Apply some garlic chutney on one side and sweet tamarind chutney on the other.
• Using a small spoon, add 1 spoon potato filling in it.
• Then add some chopped onions, pomegranate seeds, and roasted peanuts.
• Now, add another spoon of potato filling. You can add 1 spoon or ½ spoon of the filling in this step.
• Now, heat a Tawa, add 1 Tsp butter or ghee whichever you prefer, toast the potato-filled dabeli until both the sides become crunchy. It tastes better when crunchy.
• Stick some nylon sev to the dabeli filling.
• Your Kacchi Dabeli Recipe is ready to be served. Serve the dabeli recipe along with chopped onions and roasted peanuts. Serve it warm.
• You can also add some grated cheese with the filling.

Notes

• You can use coriander powder instead of coriander seeds while making the dabeli masala.
• Add some red chili powder if you love spicy.
• You can also buy readymade dabeli masala which can be found in any grocery stores or general stores.
• Adding masala peanuts will also work instead of plain peanuts. To make the masala peanuts, dry roast the peanuts on a tawa for a few minutes or until the peanuts become crunchy. Then, in a kadhai, add some oil, add the peanuts, add some red chili powder and saute them for few seconds.
• You can also add pav bhaji masala instead of dabeli masala.

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