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Doi Fuchka Recipe (Kolkata Style Dahi Phuchka)

Madhushree Dutta
Recipe to make tasty Doi Fuchkas easily at home. Simple ingredients, instructions, and equipment to prepare Bengali-style Dahi Puri easily.
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 50 minutes
Course Snack
Cuisine Bengali, Indian
Servings 4 pieces

Ingredients
  

For the Crunchy Puri

  • 1 cup Semolina or Suji
  • 2 tbsp All-Purpose Flour or Maida
  • 2 pinch Baking Soda
  • Water as required
  • Salt to taste
  • Oil

For the Potato stuffing

  • 3 Potatoes large
  • 1 Onion large
  • 4 Green Chilis
  • ½ cup White/Yellow Peas
  • ½ cup Coriander leaves chopped
  • tsp Coriander powder
  • 1 tsp Cumin powder
  • 1 tsp Fennel powder
  • tsp Chaat Powder or according to taste
  • Black Salt to taste
  • tsp Tamarind pulp

For the Doi Mixture

  • 1 cup Sour curd or Yogurt
  • Black Salt to taste
  • Sugar to taste ; preferred 1 tbsp
  • 1 tsp Chaat Masala

For the Mitha Tamarind Chutney

  • ½ cup Tamarind pulp
  • ½ tsp Cumin powder
  • ½ tsp Coriander powder
  • ½ tsp Red Chili powder
  • Salt to taste
  • Black salt for flavor
  • Sugar to taste

Other Ingredients

  • 1 Onion medium
  • 3 tbsp Coriander leaves finely chopped
  • Sev
  • Chaat Masala
  • Red Chili powder

Instructions
 

Prepare the Dough for Fuchka

  • In a rare mixing bowl, add the semolina (or suji), all-purpose flour, baking soda, and salt to taste.
  • Combine all of them nicely and then add the required amount of water to make it into a nice smooth and soft dough.
  • Knead the dough for about 10 minutes. Then cover it with a wet towel or cloth and keep it aside.

Boil the potatoes

  • Take a boiling pot or a pressure cooker and put the potatoes to boil.
  • In the meantime, chop the onions, and green chilis.
  • Slightly mash the white or yellow peas (boiled).
  • Next, when the potatoes are cooked to perfection, take them off the flame and let them cool completely.
  • Peel the potatoes when cold.
  • Transfer them into a large mixing bowl and mash them. It is okay to have a few lumps as this will increase the texture.

Prepare the Aloo stuffing

  • To the mashed potatoes, add cumin powder, coriander powder, fennel seed powder, chaat masala, salt to taste, black salt to taste, and the tamarind pulp for some tanginess.
  • Mix them well and then add in the chopped onion, green chilis, coriander leaves, and the white or yellow peas (slightly mashed).
  • Combine all the ingredients nicely and take a taste test. Add if anything is needed and keep it aside.

Prepare the Doi Mixture

  • For the Doi mixture, take a mixing bowl.
  • Next, add sour curd or yogurt.
  • To this add the black salt and sugar to taste.
  • Whisk them all nice until creamy and without lumps. (Do not add any water or else it will become very runny).
  • Next, take a taste test and then add the chaat masala.
  • Whisk again and keep it aside.

Prepare the Mitha Tamarind Chutney

  • For the chutney, take a cooking pan and add around half a cup of water.
  • Let it come to a rolling boil and add sugar to taste. Do not add too much, as the chutney needs to be a bit tangy.
  • Keep the flame on medium. When the sugar dissolves, add the tamarind pulp.
  • Stir and combine well.
  • Next, add the cumin powder, coriander powder, red chili powder, salt to taste, and black salt.
  • Stir everything in and take a taste test. Add if anything is needed.
  • When it comes to a semi-thick consistency, turn off the flame.
  • Transfer it to a small bowl and let it cool completely.

Prepare the Fuchkas or Puris

  • After the dough has rested well, knead it for 3 minutes more.
  • Divide the dough into equal portions of chapati balls.
  • Place one chapati ball on the rolling board and roll it out into a chapati. The chapati should be thin (not too much). Make sure not to tear it.
  • Next, cut them into small disks with the help of a small bowl or a cookie cutter.
  • Repeat this with all the other chapati balls.
  • When all are done, cover them with a wet cloth.

Fry the Fuchkas or Puris

  • Now, take a deep-frying pan and pour a generous amount of oil.
  • Heat the oil on medium flame.
  • When it is perfectly hot, turn the flame to medium-high.
  • Gently slide the puris into the oil one by one. They will start to puff up.
  • Fry them until golden from all sides. Make sure not to burn them.
  • Fry them in batches so that all of them puff up well.
  • Once done, transfer them onto a kitchen tissue-covered plate or bowl. This will soak off the excess oil.

Assemble the Doi Fuchka

  • Peel and finely chop the onion and coriander leaves.
  • Take a plate and place as many as the plate can hold.
  • Next, make a hole in the middle with your thumb in the fuchkas.
  • Now, put the aloo filling in each fuchka.
  • After this, put sev in each of them along with the finely chopped onions and coriander.
  • Also, put the already prepared mitha tamarind chutney in each of them.
  • Now drizzle the doi mix on the Fuchkas from the top.
  • Next, sprinkle some chaat masala and red chili powder for some extra punch.
Keyword Bengali Recipe, Street Food Recipe, Veg Recipes