• Snacks - Street Food

    Bhelpuri With Salad|A Not So Sindhi Chaat Recipe

    Bhelpuri~ One of the most popular chaat/ street food! Indians need no introduction for this quick to whip up, tangy mixture of puffed rice, boiled potatoes, chopped onion, farsan (crispy or crunchy, mixed fried munchies) mint and coriander chutney (dip), sweet tamarind/sonth chutney topped up with some crunchy sev (thin, fried, salted gram flour noodle strings). I sometimes wonder if its just Sindhis, who  have a strong affinity for chaats or does it apply to all  the communities of India? I doubt whether anyone can resist any type of  lip smacking chaat, be it Panipuri, Sevpuri, Dahi puri, Raga patties…

  • Snacks - Street Food - Temptation

    Paanipuri

    Paanipuri ….the most famous street food of Mumbai, is nothing but a crunchy round , crisp fried shell (Puri) of flour ( All purpose flour with semolina), served with a filling of boiled potatoes, boondi (Fried droplets of gramflour batter) and a spicy, tangy chutney called paani (literally meaning ‘water’) There are many variations of Panipuri viz; Batatapuri, Ragdapuri, Sevbatata puri, Pyazbatata puri , Dahi puri all named according to the stuffing used.Panipuris are also known as Golguppe or Puchka or even Ghupchup.No matter what type of stuffing is used, no matter what recipe of chutney is followed and no matter what…