Masale-puri

Date: Jun 7, 2006

Masale-puri

Date: Jun 7, 2006

Dear Vidya, Nice to hear from you about your past. As for as masala puri making concerned you will get plenty of sites. I will try to give you some of them.

http://www.recipezaar.com/111581
http://www.bawarchi.com/contribution/contrib4371.html
http://www.sailusfood.com/2005/12/18/chole-masala-with-puri-white-chick-peas-masala-curry-with-fried-indian-bread/
http://www.indianchild.com/pani_puri_recipe.htm
http://www.pachakam.com/recipe.asp?id=1038
http://www.tarladalal.com/ViewContributedRecipe.asp?recipeid=1654
http://www.mumbai-masala.com/hotspicy/bhelpuri.html
http://sio.midco.net/poornima/snacks.html#puri
http://www.jainworld.com/recipies/jainfood/list%20of%20recipes/ROTI%20-%20Indian%20Breads/MASALA_PURI.htm

these below mentioned sites for chat masala preparation
http://www.geocities.com/NapaValley/3925/recipe_spice_10.html
http://www.fatfreekitchen.com/spices/chat-masala.html
http://www.recipeland.com/recipe/4106/
http://recipes.chef2chef.net/recipe-archive/25/140849.shtml
http://www.recipezaar.com/168808

Hope I have given you all the links which you asked for

Date: Jun 7, 2006

The stuff that Vidya will now attempt with Venkat's timely help will go awry, what with an overdose of masala. Lest she should end up a bad culinary ambassador to Japan, I suggest to her that she try one at a time.

Date: Jun 7, 2006

Vidyaji,

I moved in to Mysore in 2005. You had mentioned about lots of greenery, pretty parks, lush rice fields evenwithin town limits, lush wooded areas and most important friendly cultured people.

Well. I have doubts whether I live in the same Mysore as you lived in. Many of the things you had mentioned above are missing or in the process of getting missed. However, friendly cultured people do remain but their population may be going down, I bet.

About Masale, please try to be creative - what all you need is to recall the old and original taste - and make it happen with locally available alternate stuff. I learnt this out of my personal experience while I was in Hong Kong. Am sure you would find your recipe better.

With best wishes

Date: Jun 7, 2006

Vidya

http://www.fatfreekitchen.com/spices/chat-masala.html,

The Masale puri tastes better from this site.Try and let me know.I have made several times from this site recipe,kids loved it.

Date: Jun 7, 2006

Though i am not able to help Vidya on the recipe, it gives immense pleasure to know that Mysore Masala Poori is reaching a small town of Japan. Kudos to Vidya to carry this to Japan. After all, Mysooreans spread the fragrance of another famous thing: Mysoore mallige.........and boldly claim that Mysooreans are kind hearted, people -loving and known for hospitality.

Date: Jun 8, 2006

dear Madam
I am really happy to know that you still remember Nysore and have respects for Mysoreans.Since you have mentioned Shamarao building,I think you are familiar with V.V.MohallaVontikoppal) area.
Coming to the point,MASALE PURI it has become very popular especially among young folks.My wife S.V.gowri and my daughter also are very fond of this.They know the preparation.They are not in town.The details will be sent to you with ina weeks time.The famous joints are in mysore,,, Old Statue circle near Palace and almost all localities.This information is also available in books sold in Mysore.Bangalore Train for Rs,10/and Rs 20/respectively.
The varities are: Masale puri,Bhel puri,Panipuri ( Smallpuri with a hole made in the centre of puri with thumb pressure and little boiledgreen peas with carrot and tamarind juice poured) This is what I have noticed.
With regards
Raghotham

Date: Jun 8, 2006

This is regarding recipe for ' Masale Puri ' sought by one Vidya of Mysore presently living somewhere in Japan. From many responses on the blog that were part of (response) your e-mail, I find that Vidya has been served information aplenty - enough to both ruin the dish which she is desirous of preparing and serving to her Japanese friend and also to get herself confused. It seems one doesn' t know enough if one is not confused !! It is now Vidya' s turn to get into that sort of a mess !!! I certainly don' t want to add to that confusion !!!! That apart, I think many branded masalas are already sold in grocery stores. Vidya has to only look for them. Please tell her so.

(This was Mr Srihari's response to an e-mail I sent to my Mysore contacts - Would you know of anyone who has recipe for ' masale-puri ? It appears a Mysorean's culinary reputation is at stake in Japan. GVK )

Date: Jun 9, 2006

Dear friends

thank you all so much for your replies... I went through all teh links provided... most of them are for chaat masala which is readily available in Indian stores in Tokyo (not in this little village)

One friend of mine suggested that she would go to the masale-puri-gaadi in question and just ask the gentleman there :) i'm still looking and will be sure to post whichever worked out best. I'll definitely look forward to mr. raghotham's wife's recipe,....

on a slightly unrelated note, there was an international food festival held here today. There were about 8 different stalls (do remember it is a small place).... and i thought i would participate.

now our Japanese friends are fans of vade-sambar! And are starting to show curiousity about pure vegetarian food...

Date: Jun 12, 2006

Would Mysore masale-puri make it the Japan town ? The question, and this online interaction, gave me enough 'masala' to dish out some 600 words for my zine5 column - Dateline Mysore.

As of now, we haven't had a closure on Vidya's quest. But then, one of her friends came up with this idea: why not ask a Mysore pushcart vendor. Why didn't we think of that? We are so accustomed to doing a Google or Yahoo search when the answer could be found right in our backyard....Read More...

Date: Jun 12, 2006

The very word "masale puri" is stimulating so many Mysoreans leading to an international debate. I am just rushing to a masale puri shop to keep my taste buds satisfied, though i don't have the immediate access to mouth-watering Mysore taste.

As the Kannada adage goes "bari kaiginta hittale kadaga lesu"----it is better to wear a bronze bangle rather than being without one........!!!!!

Date: Jun 12, 2006

Do you think, Mr Nataraj, your masale-puri vendor would help with the recipe. It may not have the Papanna flavour, but we can't have it all.

Date: Jun 14, 2006

I should have been more spontaneous with this offer, but I stayed away as the seeker of that magic masala had already got a windfall of recipes. My wife, Hiral, a Gujarati from Bombay, is good at making some of these chaat items. Her mother, who lives with us, is notches above her. They use dates for making the brown syrup that goes with masala puri. Earlier, when I didn't have access to this inside information, I used to make all sorts of guesses about what went into the making of the brew.

Date: Jun 15, 2006

Dear friends,

Thank you all for the time and trouble you all took. Today Under a different search string I found this...
http://www.indiaparenting.com/boards/showmessage.cgi?messageid=573&table_name=dis_vegetarian
Bangalore masale-puri?? hmm, I think I'll still call it "Mysore" masale puri!

my quest for the recipe has been very amusing for my husband. I told him that since he didn't have the previlege of having grown up in the culinary paradise that is Mysore, I will let him have his laugh until he tastes this!

So the acid test will take place in 2 weeks time when I will make this for my Japanese friends. Will this tempt them to travel to Mysore to taste the real thing, I wonder!

If anyone has a different version of the recipe to share, please do, and I'd be eternally grateful... being the only Indian in this little town (and in the entire prefecture) we always crave a genuine taste of home!

Date: Jun 15, 2006

Do keep us updated on how masale-puri works on our Japanese friends. And keep us posted on life's little challenges for a lone Mysorean family in a Japan town. How do you cope with Dassara, Ganesh puja and things ? Incidentally, you haven't told us the name of your town.

Date: Jun 16, 2006

Going one step ahead, pl do let us know the Japnese version of masale puri, if any, along with recipe so that we experiment the same here. Ofcourse vegetarian.