This recipe is a fun take on the famous pani puri, a street snack that is popular in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and beyond. 

Going in a very untraditional direction, I stuffed store bought puri shells (find these at any South Asian grocery store, or large chain grocer in a South Asian neighbourhood – I get mine at Freshco in Kingston, ON) with a curried tuna salad, studded with South Asian ingredients like curry leaves, ginger, and spices. 

This is a very loose recipe. If you don’t happen to have curry leaves, simply replace them with something else… cucumber would work nicely, or maybe raisins. The chickpeas could easily be replaced with cubed boiled potatoes, or something else starchy. The most important spice in them is the curry blend, so if that’s all you have, simply forego the other spices. You could even make this with canned salmon, sardines, leftover chicken, shredded artificial crab meat, or shredded cabbage. Have some fun with it!