"SLC-S25/W1 | Community World Tour : Traditional Cuisine"

Assalam o Alaikum Everyone !

Hello all my Steemit friends, I hope you are all well and doing your work with health and fitness.I am @mannatnawaz from Pakistan . Friends, today I am going to be a part of a very interesting and important contest with you. The special thing about this contest is that through it we will not only learn to make different types of dishes but also get the opportunity to know interesting things and history related to these dishes.

The credit for all this goes to the Steemit community and especially Sir @kouba01 who provided us with this great opportunity and it is an honor for me to be a part of it. Friends, the dish that I am going to make today is very much eaten in the Indian subcontinent, especially the most favorite dish of the young generation.

Yes, I will not wait long and tell you the name of my dish and that is "Gol Gappay" which we also call" Pani Puri". It is a very sweet and sticky dish. And it is very delicious to eat that the eater can taste it. Finish it in minutes.

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History: As far as I know, this dish is a dish of the Indian subcontinent (Pakistan and India). Then when I searched for it, my guess turned out to be correct. This dish is related to India. It is referred to Draupadi of the Mahabharata. According to this, Kunti, who was her mother-in-law, gave Draupadi some leftover vegetables and flour, using which she prepared Pani Puri, which everyone liked very much.

Similarly, according to another tradition, this dish originated from Magadha, which is now South Bihar, which is a region of India. Anyway, friends, thank you to whoever made this dish because it is very tasty.

Now let's come to its recipe. It has three procedures :

• one is making the puri .

• The second is making sour water for it .

•The third is preparing the material for its filling.

First, we prepare the puri. To make the puri we need :
• Three cups of wheat flour
• One cup of semolina ,Some people also use maida instead of flour. But I also tried with flour but it did not turn out right. So sir, mix flour and semolina and mix a little salt in it and knead it with water. The dough should not be too hard or soft. Now cover this kneaded dough for half an hour. Put it in a polythene bag and it will be right.

After half an hour, make small balls of the dough and roll small puris by adding oil. At the same time, heat oil in a pan and fry it and take it out when it becomes golden. Remember that when you have to put the puri in the pan, you have to press it from above so that it swells and becomes round in shape. In this way, you have to fry all the puris.

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Now let's do it for its filling. One cup boiled chickpeas, one cup boiled potatoes, chopped, one onion, chopped, one large tomato, chopped, three tablespoons of chaat masala, two lemons, and one tablespoon of salt. Mix all the remaining ingredients except the lemons. Now squeeze the lemon on top and mix again. Yes, our delicious filling is ready.

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Now it's time to make sour water, we need
• Six cups of water
• Five tablespoons of chaat masala
• One cup of tamarind water and mix well.

You can reduce or increase the quantity according to your preference, but sourness is more pleasant in it. Yes, this is our water too.
Now carefully break the puri in the middle and fill the filling material inside it. Be careful not to break your puris. You can also add a little bit of sweet potato or tamarind chutney in it. Now dip these puris in water and eat them.

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GOLGAPA
😋our street food also remind a wonderful memories in my mind when we are students we buy it from a street shop called (thella ).This dish is little bit sourty.When we eat it we have tears also in our eyes 😂 .

A funny story which is related to this dish

Yes, I have a very artistic and tragic story 🥺associated with this dish. A few days ago, my niece asked me to make Gol Gappay. So, on her request, I made Gol Gappay. It was very hot that day. My niece Mahrosha was also helping me in the kitchen. When I had made everything, only the filling was left. My other niece Zartash came quickly to get more Gol Gappay. She tried to lift her plate on the shelf, but along with her plate, our bowl with filling also fell down and all our things fell down. Mahrosha and I were shocked 😲 because Zartasha had ruined our hard work.

Mahrosha started crying loudly and I started cleaning up all the mess in anger while Zartasha ran away from there. When it was time to eat, nothing came.Hahaha .So friends, this interesting memory of the Gol Gappay .Today ,I made gollgapay again and Mahrosha was a smile and enjoy it alone because he put her plate first and went to other room.I will remember it for the rest of my life. I hope you all are enjoyed it too.

At the end I invite my all steemit friends and follows to come and enjoy the delicious food.It is honoured for me that all you come.

(Anday Jao Tay khanday Jao, gollgapay kararay)

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At the end I again thanksto ,The Cultural Explorers Team and sir @kouba01 to giving me a best opportunity to sharing my dish.

Geographic Location on SteemAtlas :
[//]:# (!steematlas 32.101976 lat 72.704158 long Gol Gapay - Johar Colony d3scr)

I would like to invite my dearest friends to participate in this amazing contest.

@hudamalik20, @gondalbiya ,@iqrabatool and @ahsansharif