Spicy and tangy Bhelpuri recipe. Sharing today Bhel puri Chaat recipe, a spicy and crunchy snack and a famous street food from Mumbai.
Bhelpuri is a spicy and tangy street food and snack recipe made with puffed rice, chopped veggies, tamarind chutney and spices. It is a popular chaat from India.
Bhelpuri is a popular street food and chaat recipe. Chaat has a variety of elements in terms of taste, sweet, sour, spicy and a good texture (crunchy and soft). Indians love a good chaat and bhel puri is a very famous one. If you have not tried it yet please do. You will love it too.
Puffed rice is the base of this vegetarian Indian snack. The taste of Bhelpuri comes from the two types of chutneys and a balanced mix of spices. Tamarind sauce and spicy green chutney add flavours as well as good texture to Bhelpuri.
Here’s the recipe for both the chutneys.
- Green chutney
- Sweet tamarind chutney
Ingredients for Bhel Puri
Puffed Rice – Puffed rice is also known by the names Muri, Marmara, Pori, Kurmura, or Murmura. It is very light and made by the roasting process of rice.
Potato Chips - Thick Potato chips. These are optional but if you can find them they add a good texture.
Bhujia – You can use bhujia or any sev mix available at your home. This is the only deep fried ingredient used in this recipe but a very small quantity is used. You can skip this if you wish to.
Peanuts: Roasted Peanuts add the crunch. In Kolkata Jhalmuri, chanachur is also a must.
Puri or papdi: Crispy deep-fried crackers are mostly used in chaats. These are also served as tea-time snacks. You can make these at home or use store-bought ones.
Sev: Fried vermicelli made with gram flour. It is easily available in Indian stores or online if you live in US or any other country outside India.
Vegetables: In this crispy snack, we will add some veggies for the crunch and nutrition. Here, I have used tomato, cucumber, onion, potatoes, green chillies, and fresh coriander.
Spices and Seasonings: A few spice powders and herbs makes it taste spicy and tangy. You will need roasted cumin powder, chaat masala powder, red chilli powder, salt, and.
Green Chutney: Thick green chutney adds a spicy taste and freshness to bhelpuri.
Tamarind Chutney: This Sweet and sour chutney is the core of the bhel puri recipe. Not only with Bhelpuri you can enjoy this chutney with a variety of snacks and use it in other chaat recipes as well.
Types of Bhelpuri
Broadly there are 2 variations of bhelpuri.
Sukha Bhel: Also known as dry bhel, this is easiest to make. In dry bhel, I mix puffed rice with roasted peanuts. You just mix powdered spices or dry chutney in this bhel.
Wet Bhel: This is known as “Geela bhel''. This is bhelpuri made with a dry mixture with chopped vegetable onions, boiled potatoes and tomatoes.
How to make bhel puri at home
You can make a perfect street style bhel puri at home using this recipe. I have shared all tips in the recipes note section below.
Preparation:
- Firstly finely chop the veggies like onion, tomato, cucumber, boiled potato and green chillies. Keep these aside.
- In a pan, heat one teaspoon of oil, add turmeric and puffed rice. Roast puffed rice on low for 2-3 minutes. Remove from heat and cool down.
Making Bhelpuri
- In a bowl add puffed rice, chopped cucumbers, tomatoes, boiled potatoes and onions (I skipped).
- Add peanuts and bhujia. Break the thick potato chips into smaller pieces.
- Add cumin powder, chaat masala powder, red chilli powder, black salt and salt as per taste.
- Now add chopped green chillies, green chutney and tamarind sauce.
- Mix well and serve immediately.
Recipe Notes: Expert Tips from Rekha
First and foremost! Never serve a soggy bhel. Serve it immediately after mixing. A Delay of even a few minutes is enough to make it soggy. That is the reason that Street side Bhelpuri vendors make it fresh when you order it. Bhel should be crunchy.
For this you can assemble all the ingredients beforehand and when you are ready mix it and enjoy.
Roasting Puffed rice is desirable for this recipe. You can use them without wasting them if they are crunchy enough.
Always use red slightly brownish puffed rice that has more flavour compared to white pillowy puffed rice.
If you can’t find red puffed rice and use white puffed rice make sure to roast them before using them for the perfect texture.
You can adjust the number of spice powders or both chutneys as per your personal preference.
You can use store-bought tamarind and green chutney. But the flavour comes from chutney so I suggest if you have time make fresh chutneys.
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Bhel Puri Recipe
Ingredients
- 2 cups Puffed rice
- 2 tablespoons peanuts roasted or fried
- 1 tablespoon bhujia
- ¼ cup onions chopped
- ¼ cup tomatoes chopped
- ¼ cup cucumber chopped
- ½ potato boiled, chopped
- ¼ teaspoon Salt or to taste
- ¼ teaspoon red chilli powder
- ¼ teaspoon chaat masala
- ¼ teaspoon cumin powder roasted
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 1 tablespoon mustard oil
Instructions
Preparation
- Firstly finely chop the veggies like onion, tomato, cucumber, boiled potato and green chillies. Keep these aside.
- In a pan, heat one teaspoon of oil, add turmeric and puffed rice. Roast puffed rice on low for 2-3 minutes. Remove from heat and cool down.
Making Bhelpuri
- In a bowl add puffed rice, chopped cucumbers, tomatoes, boiled potatoes and onions (I skipped).
- Add peanuts and bhujia. Break the thick potato chips into smaller pieces.
- Add cumin powder, chaat masala powder, red chilli powder, black salt and salt as per taste.
- Now add chopped green chillies, green chutney and tamarind sauce.
- Mix well and serve immediately.
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Notes
- First and foremost! Never serve a soggy bhel. Serve it immediately after mixing. A Delay of even a few minutes is enough to make it soggy. That is the reason that Street side Bhelpuri vendors make it fresh when you order it. Bhel should be crunchy.
- For this you can assemble all the ingredients beforehand and when you are ready mix it and enjoy.
- Roasting Puffed rice is desirable for this recipe. You can use them without wasting them if they are crunchy enough.
- Always use red slightly brownish puffed rice that has more flavour compared to white pillowy puffed rice.
- If you can’t find red puffed rice and use white puffed rice make sure to roast them before using them for the perfect texture.
- You can adjust the number of spice powders or both chutneys as per your personal preference.
- You can use store-bought tamarind and green chutney. But the flavour comes from chutney so I suggest if you have time make fresh chutneys.
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