“Bhel puri” can be described best as Indian street chaat which wakens your taste buds with an explosion of colors, textures and flavors. Its mainly made with puffed rice, fried chickpea noodles (sev), vegetables, hot and sweet chutneys and not to miss cilantro and raw mango.
Serves- 4
Ingredients:
Puffed rice- 3 cups
Bhel mix- 2 cups (available in any indian grocery store)
Tomato- 1big size chopped
Onion -1big size chopped
Cilantro– 1/2 cup
Raw mango- 1/2 cup chopped (optional)
Roasted spicy peanuts- 1/4 cup
Green chillies- 1, minced
Mint chutney- 4-5 tbsp (adjust it according to your taste buds)
Sweet chutney- 4-5 tbsp (adjust it according to your taste buds)
Sev (0 size)- 1/4 cup
Lime juice- 1 tsp
salt to taste
Mint chutney:
Mint leaves- 25 gms
Cilantro- 25gms
Green chilli- 1
Roasted cumin seeds and saunf (fennel seeds)- 1 tsp each (powdered)
Blend all the ingredients together with 1 or 2 tbsp of water. The mixture should be thick.
Sweet chutney:
Tamarind juice- 1/2 cup
Jaggery – 3/4 cup
Bring this mixture to boil with 1/4 cup of water. Boil it for 5-10 minutes until the mixture becomes thick (consistency like tomato ketchup).
(You can store these chutney’s in refrigerator for a week)
Preparation:
Mix puffed rice, bhel mix, peanuts well. Add rest of the ingredients quickly, Sprinkle sev at the end and serve immediately.
I love this very much…tangy, light and yummy snacks
One of my absolute favourite street foods! Love bhel puri, you have reminded me that I need to make some soon. Yours look so good. Thank you for stopping by and leaving a lovely comment on my site.
Nazneen
omg! deepu !
u actually made all dis ?! 😀 amazing you are !!
n uve tempted me to try these nw !! :):);)
Of course sweety! Come to US, shall prepare everything for you.
This is new to me. What an unusual snack! Have a great week!
I’ve never ever had this and obviously I’m missing out…looks amazing!
I love dishes with varying textures and flavors! This one is new to me, but it looks delish!
Wow Deepti, I like the puffed rice in this dish…so many different textures and flavors in it…
Have a great week 🙂
Bhel puri is a favourite of mine 😀
Cheers
CCU
so crunchy, i can barely taste it from the picture
Just love it! This is my favorite chaat. Nice presentation Deepti.
Looks delicious!
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Tempting prep love it…mmm
Nange churumuri nenpaithu. Slurrp! very yumm!