Magical Fruit and nut Panipuri

The street food that undoubtedly reigns the heart of Indians, is the cute beloved panipuri, a humble crepe made out of semolina. Traditionally, it is stuffed with potato/chickpeas, tamarind chutney and then filled with tangy, minty water with a base of cilantro . The minute you put it in your mouth, you will witness an explosion of flavors from a thoughtful mix of simple ingredients. Panipuri /golgappa is like a blank canvas and you can experiment with varied stuffings and liquids to fill with.
This recipe was inspired by and created for all the kids whose imagination and resilience remain limitless, no matter how unreal ‘school’ has become amidst COVID 19.
The joy and ‘wow’ this recipe brought on my kids faces was priceless. Simple to make, exciting for the kids who can mix and match, have fun in their own panipuri lab.
Magical Fruit and Nut Panipuri
Ingredients
Equipment
Method
- Add chopped mangoes, pistachios to a bowl and a pinch of chaat masala, if you chose to. Mix and keep aside.
- Add chopped walnuts, bananas to a bowl, drizzle caramel sauce and mix gently. Try to keep them around same size, so that it is easier to bite into.
- Melt chocolate chips on stove top in a double boiler (place chocolate chips in a bowl. Place the bowl in a pan with water on low heat). Add in the chopped almonds and keep aside.
- Blend cilantro, mint leaves, panipuri masala, with added ice. Then strain into a bowl and add chilled water.
- Add strawberries, mint leaves, panipuri masala, ice cubes to blender jar and blend. Take the mixture into a bowel, and add chilled water to desired consistency.
- Blend mint leaves, panipuri masala, ice cubes, orange juice together. Strain if needed. Take it into a bowl.
- If using the dried panipuris that need to be fried, you can air fry at 365 F for 2 min. Pre made boxed panipuris are ok too. Just be sure, there are enough on stock, as the kids will love the panipuri buffet.
- Chocolate almond was great with orange pani.Mango pistachio was the top rated one and was perfect with green pani.Banana walnut was best suited for pink pani.But do experiment and leave me feedback.
- I added 1/2 tsp dry ice to the different colors of liquids right before unveiling my creation to my kids. Caution while using dry ice- mentioned in notes. Please do read the notes, before using dry ice, if you chose to.Trying to refresh your science or want to explain the sublimation process to your kids- https://www.usgs.gov/media/images/frozen-carbon-dioxide-dry-ice-sublimates-directly-a-vapor