Nippatu is an Karnataka crispy snack which served in chaat form as a street food . Nippatu masala and Bun nippatu are famous street food in bangalore.
Author: Manjula Bharath
Recipe type: Street Food Recipes
Cuisine: Karnataka Cuisine
Serves: 3
Ingredients
For Nippatu
Rice flour - 2 cups
Rava - 2 tbsp
Maida- ¼ cup
Peanuts -1/2 cup
Roasted Channa dal / Chuney dal - ½ cup
Desiccated coconut - 2 tbsp
White Sesame Seeds - 1 tbsp
Curry leaves - a sprig
Hot Oil - ¼ cup
Red chilli pd - 1 tsp
Turmeric pd - ½ tsp
Salt to taste
Oil for Frying
For Nippatu Masala
Bhel puri mix - I used the haldiram Bhel puri
Green chutney
Carrots - ¼ cup ( grated)
Cucumber - ¼ cup ( chopped)
Tomato - ¼ cup ( chopped)
Onion - ¼ cup (chopped)
Coriander leaves- Few chopped
Salt to taste
For Congress Kadalekai /Congress Kadale Beeja
Peanuts - ½ cup
Red chilli pd - ½ tsp
Pepper pd - ¼ tsp
Turmeric pd - ¼ tsp
Curry leaves - a sprig
Oil - 1 tsp
Salt to taste
For Bun Nippatu
Nippatu
Processed Cheese
Bhel puri Mix
Processed cheese - 1 (I used slices)
Tomato sauce - 2 tsp
Green Chutney - 2 tsp
Carrots - 2 tbsp
Cucumber - 2 tbsp
Cumin pd - ¼ tsp
Black salt - a pinch
Chaat masala - ¼ tsp
Buns
Congress kadelekai / Congress Kadale Beeja - ¼ cup
Salt to taste
Instructions
For Nippatu
Roast peanuts in a hot pan till they get slightly roasted, remove the skin and transfer it to a plate to cool.
In a pan heat ¼ tsp of oil add the curry leaves and roast them till crisp. keep it aside.
Grind roasted channa dal, Roasted peanuts, curry leaves and coconut in Mixer to a coarse powder.
In a bowl Mix rice flour, rava, maida, red chilli pd, turmeric pd, salt.
Add the peanut and roasted gram flour powder and Mix them well.
Heat ¼ cup of oil in a pan, pour it over the flour mixture.
Mix the oil well to the flour mixer till bread crumb consistency.
Add water little by little and make a soft dough.
Meanwhile heat Oil in a sauce pan , divide the dough to equal parts.
Roll the dough with a rolling pin and cut into circles using a cookie cutter.
After the oil is hot drop in the cut nippatu and fry them from both side till golden brown.
Transfer it to a kitchen towel and let the oil drain.
Nippatu are ready.
For Nippatu Masala
Make the bhel as directed in the cover, feel free to make the bhel from scratch. I added grated carrots , tomato, cucumber, onion, coriander leaves to my bhel. I also added congress kadalekai to my bhel.
Using the same cookie cutter cut the processed cheese, place the cheese on the Nippatu . Top it with a spoon full of bhel puri.
Top it with green chutney and sprinkle some ompodi.
For Congress Kadalekai /Congress Kadale Beeja
Heat a pan and roast the peanuts , remove the skin.
Heat oil in a pan , add the curry leaves.
After they splutter add the red chilli pd, turmeric pd,salt.
Add the peanuts and Mix them well till combined.
Transfer it to a bowl and mix them well with a spoon once.
Congress kadalekai is ready. Serve it with any chaat as a topping.
For Bun Nippatu
In a bowl Mix 2 tbsp carrot, tomato, cucumber, onion each.
Add cumin pd , chaat masala, black salt,salt and mix them well.
Take a bun spread green chutney on the top part and tomato sauce to the bottom part of the bun.
Place the veggie mixture on the tomato sauce part of the bun.
Place a Nippatu on top, put some bhel puri on top. Place the processed cheese over it.
Put some Congress Kadalekai on top .
Put the top part of the bun with chutney spread .
Recipe by Desi Fiesta at https://www.desifiesta.com/2018/04/nippatu-masala-recipe-bun-nippatu-recipe-karnataka-street-food.html