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Bhel Puri

Indian style street food and a savory snack with puffed rice as main ingredient along with loads of crunchy vegetables topped with spicy and tangy sauces.
Course Snack
Cuisine Indian, Mumbai
Keyword Bhel, Chat, Puffed Rice
Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 50 minutes
Servings 4
Author Shanaz Rafiq

Ingredients

For spicy green chutney:

  • 4 cloves garlic
  • 1 piece A small piece of ginger 1 inch
  • 4 green chilies
  • 1 small onion
  • ½ teaspoon cumin powder
  • ½ cup chopped coriander leaves
  • ½ cup chopped mint leaves
  • 1 teaspoon tamarind pulp or small piece of dry tamarind
  • ½ teaspoon salt

For sweet and spicy chutney:

  • 5 tablespoon of tamarind pulp seedless or lime size tamarind ball soaked in 1 cup hot water
  • 3 tablespoon of dates paste or 1/2 cup grated jaggery
  • 2 cups water
  • ½ teaspoon red chili powder
  • ½ teaspoon cumin powder
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • ½ black pepper powder
  • 3 tablespoon of cooking oil

Other ingredients:

  • 2 cups puffed rice slightly roasted
  • 1 large onion chopped
  • 1 large tomato chopped
  • 2 medium potatoes boiled & chopped
  • 8 flat puris papdi
  • 1 cup nylon sev chat sev
  • 1 cup chopped coriander leaves
  • 2 green chilies finely chopped
  • 1 tablespoon chat masala powder

Instructions

  • For spicy green chutney grind together all the ingredients mentioned under it.
  • For sweet chutney cook together on low flame until chutney thickens for about 20 minutes.
  • In a large bowl, add roasted puffed rice, onion, tomatoes, boiled potatoes, broken papdi, half of the chopped coriander leaves, green chilies, and chat masala powder. Mix well.
  • Then add 3 tbsp or more of sweet chutney and 2 tbsp or more of green chutney (or according to your taste). Mix all the things well and put a ladle full of mixture into an individual serving dish.
  • Add a few tsp of sweet chutney and some green chutney. Again sprinkle some chopped coriander and finally add a layer of sev on top.
  • Serve immediately.