RUSK DABELI

Jul 05, 2021
By Mary Anthony
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RUSK DABELI / DABELI BITES / DABELI TOAST

BY DISHA LAHORI

Dabeli, kutchi dabeli or double roti is a popular snack food of India, originating in the Kutch or Kachchh region of Gujarat.

It is a sweet snack made by mixing boiled potatoes with a special dabeli masala, putting the mixture in a ladi pav (burger bun), and serving it with chutneys made from tamarind, date, garlic, red chilies and other ingredients. It is garnished with pomegranate and roasted peanuts.

Here we are going to use rusk instead of pav .

INGREDIENTS FOR MASALA

500 gms potato [cooked and mashed well]
50 gms OR 3 tbsp dabeli masala pwdr.RECIPE – DABELI / KACCHI DABELI RECIPE
3 or 4 tbsp khatti meethi chutney
1 ½ tbsp oil + little butter
2 cup Water OR as needed
Salt as per taste if required

For garnishing – finely chopped coriander leaves, pomegranate seeds, grated coconut [dessicated coconut]

METHOD

Add 2 cups of water to the mashed potato and mix it well.

Add the dabeli masala pwdr, sweet chutney [ as required ] and salt to it and mix well.

Heat oil in a pan. Add the potato mixture to it and cook for few mins till medium consistency , it should be loose . [ it should not be thick]

Transfer the mixture in a big plate.

Garnish it with pomegranate, grated coconut ,finely chopped coriander leaves.

TO MAKE KHAATI MEETHI CHUTNEY

INGREDIENTS

1 small lemon size tamarind
20 deseeded dates [khajur]
2 tsp Jaggery [optional]
1 tsp roasted cumin pwdr
Water as required.

METHOD

Pressure cook tamarind and dates [2 whistles].

Grind it into a fine paste by adding water.

Extract the pulp using a strainer.

Add 1 1/2 cup water to the pulp and boil it in a pan.

While boiling add the jaggery and cumin pwdr.

Cook till the mixture comes to a medium consistency [not very watery or very thick]

FOR GARLIC CHUTNEY – garlic chutney for chat items

INGREDIENTS

10 clove of garlic
10 red chillies without stem and seeds.

METHOD

Boil the red chilli for 10 mins.[or soak it in hot water for 30 mins]

Once cool grind it with garlic into fine paste by adding water.

FOR ASSEMBLING THE RUSK DABELI

Rusk as needed – How to make rusk / homemade toast recipe
Masala peanut
Finely chopped onion
Fine nylon sev
Khatti meethi chatni – https://maryzkitchen.com/khajur-aur-imli-ki-chutney/
Garlic chutney [avoid while making for kids] – https://maryzkitchen.com/red-chilli-garlic-chutney/
Butter.

METHOD

Apply little sweet chutney on one side + garlic chutney on top of the rusk .

Place a 1 – 2 tbsp of filling.

Sprinkle the peanut ,onion and sev inside.

Serve it with extra peanut ,onion and sev around the dabeli on the plate.

NOTE

I have used readymade dabeli masala pwdr .
You can also try with pav bhaji masala pwdr.
You can also add lemon juice to the filling.
Special dabeli pav are soft and round.
You can also make cheese dabeli – after roasting the dabeli , add loads of grated cheese inside the dabeli
You can add lilltle orange food colour to the filling.
Masala pwdr has to be added as per taste , add little by little and keep tasting till it meets your taste bud.
Sweet chutney as to be added as per the requirement – some like sweet and some like spicy .