Bhel puri is a popular street food in Mumbai city of India. Bhel puri is a crispy, soft, tangy, spicy mixture made with puffed rice, peanuts, papdis, chutneys, steamed potatoes, beans and tomatoes. The salt, chutneys and spice powders in this recipe can be adjusted as per your liking. You can use ready-made chutneys too. In an earlier post I have shared the recipe for the chutneys, if you want to make it. If you don’t have onions, then too you can make the bhel without onions.
Bhel puri has to be served immediately after it is made, otherwise the mixture will get soggy and unenjoyable.
Now, over to this popular street food recipe…..
Ingredients
- 2 cups Puffed Rice
- 2 tbsps. Mint-coriander chutney
- 2 tbsps. Tamarind dates chutney
- 1 large Potato, boiled, peeled and chopped
- ½-¾ cup Moong beans, boiled or steamed
- 1 medium size Tomato, finely chopped
- One small Onion, finely chopped
- A tsp. Cumin powder, roasted
- 1 tsp. Chaat masala
- ½ tsp. Red chilli powder
- ¼ cup Coriander leaves, chopped
- ¼-½ cup Sev
- 5-6 Papdis, broken into pieces
- 2 tbsps.Roasted Peanuts
- 1 tsp. lemon juice
- Black salt, as required
Method
- First dry roast the puffed rice in a kadai or pan till they become crisp.
- Remove the roasted puffed rice in a large bowl and let it cool.
- Add everything to the puffed rice except sev and coriander leaves.
- Quickly mix everything.
- Lastly garnish bhel puri with some coriander leaves and sev.
- Serve bhel puri immediately. Enjoy!!