Pita Dabeli and Gyro Dabeli

How To Make Pita Dabeli / Gyro Dabeli

Hello Everybody,

        Pita Dabeli or gyro Dabeli is made by me as a fusion cuisine food recipe. Dabeli is a street food which originated in

Kutch. So today I tried to make it a different way, tried to use pita bread instead of buns. Dabeli is also called as kutchi dabeli or kachchhi dabeli, which is like a sandwich where the stuffing is spicy potato mixture with different chutneys, sev, peanuts and pomegranate, red chili and garlic chutney and sweet chutney. This is one of my most favorite food, it is so delicious, tangy, spicy, sweet i.e., it has a mixed taste and it tempts your taste buds. Try it.

Preparation Time: 10 Minutes ; Proofing Time: 1 hour, 30 minutes ;

Cooking Time : 5 Minutes; Total Time : 1 hour: 45 Minutes.

Ingredients to make pita bread :

1. All-purpose flour 1 cup
2. Sugar 1 tbsp
   
3. Salt 1 tsp
4. Yeast 1 tbsp
5. Olive oil 2 tbsp
6. Water ¼ cup

Ingredients to make dabeli stuffing :

1. Potato, boiled and mashed 3 small
2. Olive oil 2 tbsp
3. Dabeli masala 2 tbsp
4. Salt 1 tsp
5. Water ¼ cup
6. Onion ½ small, chopped
7. Coriander leaves, ¼ cup chopped
   
8. Pomegranate pearls ¼ cup
9. Peanuts ¼ cup
10. Sev ¼ cup
11. Sweet date and tamarind chutney ¼  cup
12. Red chili garlic chutney ¼  cup
13. Butter 2 tbsp

Recipe :

1)To Make Pita Bread :

1. In a large mixing bowl add water, yeast and sugar. Stir to dissolve. Add the all purpose flour, salt and olive oil and mix them all together. Dust with a little flour, then knead in bowl for 3 to 4 minutes.
2. Cover bowl tightly with plastic wrap. Put bowl in a warm (not hot) place. Leave until dough has doubled in size, about 1 hour.
3. After one hour punch down dough and divide into pieces of equal size. Form each piece into a little ball. Place dough balls on work surface, cover with a damp cloth or plastic paper and leave for 30 minutes.
4. Remove 1 ball (keeping others covered) and press into a flat disk with rolling pin. Roll to approx 5 to 6 inch circle diameter, dusting with flour if necessary.
5. Carefully lift the dough circle and place quickly on hot pan. Smear with the oil, dough should be nicely puffed. Turn over with tongs or spatula and smear with oil on another side and cook 1 minute more. Transfer warm pita to a plate or basket and cover so bread stays soft. Repeat with the rest of the dough balls.
6. Here, soft, spongy and fluffy pita bread is ready to serve.

2)To Make Stuffing :

1. In a pan Add olive oil and heat it, now add Dabeli masala and  saute it well and add mashed potatoes, salt and a little water. Mix well and add 1 tbsp of sweet tamarind chutney. Mix, saute and cook till the moisture is absorbed. Garnish with coriander leaves. Here, Stuffing for Pita Dabeli is ready.

3) To Make Pita Dabeli :

1. Take a pita bread, open it one side as shown in video. Spread sweet date and tamarind chutney, a layer of the stuffing, onion, peanuts, coriander leaves, pomegranate pearls and sev in between the two halves and red chilli-garlic chutney another side. Press or close slightly.

2. Place the dabeli stuffed pita on a hot tawa. Press slightly and toast on both sides, with a little butter till done, pour some onion and sev. Serve hot.
3. Here, tasty, tangy, little spicy Pita Dabeli is ready to serve. You can serve it as a Gyro Dabeli too. Enjoy!!!

Dietary Comments :

Based on a 2000 calorie diet.

It makes 6 servings.

Per serving contains 140 cal each of pita bread + 172 cal of dabeli masala stuffing = 312 calories.

Best Time To Eat :

         It's good to eat pita dabeli or gyro dabeli as an evening snack.

Eat Healthy, Stay Healthy.