BhelPuri is a very famous and tasty chaat that one can find anywhere in India.Bhelpuri is a sweet and spicy combination of puffed rice, onions, tomatoes, puri, sev, coriander, chillies and chutneys. Everyone has a different style of making bhel. Any version of this dish is delicious and lip smacking.Bhel puri is my all time favorite chaat.
I too love to make it at home, generally everyone has their own recipe to prepare this snack
This is very popular with street vendors in Mumbai (India), Bhel puri. Every street vendor has his own twist but it doesn’t matter how you make it, two main ingredients remain the same . . . puffed rice (murmura) and fine sev.
Ingredients
Puffed rice (kurmura/murmura) 2 cups
Sev 1/2 cup
Roasted masala chana dal 1/4 cup
Roasted peanuts 1/4 cup
Loosely packed papri (papdi) 1 cup
Puris crisp 8
Onion 1 medium
Tomato 1 medium
Potatoes 2 medium (boiled & diced)
Green chillies 2-3
Salt to taste
Green chutney 1/4 cup
Tamarind chutney 1/2 cup
Garlic and red chilli chutney 2 tablespoons
Lemon juice 1 teaspoon
Fresh coriander leaves bunch 1/4
chat masala - pinch
Fresh Green Chutney
1 cup coriander leaves
1 cup mint leaves
1 small onion, chopped
Juice of half a lemon
1 – 2 green chillies
water as required
salt, as per taste
sugar as per taste
Method:
Place all the ingredients in a blender and blend to a paste.
Sweet and Sour Date – Tamarind Chutney
20 – 25 dates (remove seeds)
¼ cup water
1 tablespoon tamarind paste
1 tsp red chili powder
1 tsp cumin coriander powder
1 tablespoon sugar / jaggery
½ teaspoon salt
Method:
Place above ingredients in mixie & Blend to a fine paste.
Spicy Chilli – Garlic Chutney
10 – 12 cloves of garlic, peeled
3 long mild red Kashmiri chillies (or more to taste)
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1 teaspoon salt, or to taste
½ cup boiling water
Method:
Soak chillies in half cup boiling water for about 5 minutes.
Place the chillies and the soaking water in a blender, along with the garlic cloves and lemon juice.ASSEMBLE BHELPURI
1.Place the puffed rice, sev, papri,groundnuts & chanadal and salt in a large bowl.
2.Peel onion and chop finely.chop tomatoes in fine pieces.
3. Clean coriander leaves, wash well and then chop finely. Boil potatoes, peel and cut into bite sized pieces.
4. Wash, remove stem and finely chop green chillies.
5.Combine puffed rice, onion, roasted chana dal, peanuts, potatoes, green chillies, tomato,half of the sev and toss well.
6.Add four crushed puris ,papris and mix. Add salt to taste. Add the three chutneys as per your taste and mix well. Add lemon juice,chat masala and mix.
7.Garnish with chopped coriander leaves and the remaining sev. Serve immediately with remaining puris to eat with.
VARIATIONS:
•You can even add dry roasted or both.
•You can even add fried corn flakes.
•You can add boiled sweet corn
•You can even add chopped raw mango pieces, when they are in season.
Blend to a fine paste. Add the salt and adjust the seasoning to your taste.
I too love to make it at home, generally everyone has their own recipe to prepare this snack
This is very popular with street vendors in Mumbai (India), Bhel puri. Every street vendor has his own twist but it doesn’t matter how you make it, two main ingredients remain the same . . . puffed rice (murmura) and fine sev.
Ingredients
Puffed rice (kurmura/murmura) 2 cups
Sev 1/2 cup
Roasted masala chana dal 1/4 cup
Roasted peanuts 1/4 cup
Loosely packed papri (papdi) 1 cup
Puris crisp 8
Onion 1 medium
Tomato 1 medium
Potatoes 2 medium (boiled & diced)
Green chillies 2-3
Salt to taste
Green chutney 1/4 cup
Tamarind chutney 1/2 cup
Garlic and red chilli chutney 2 tablespoons
Lemon juice 1 teaspoon
Fresh coriander leaves bunch 1/4
chat masala - pinch
Fresh Green Chutney
1 cup coriander leaves
1 cup mint leaves
1 small onion, chopped
Juice of half a lemon
1 – 2 green chillies
water as required
salt, as per taste
sugar as per taste
Method:
Place all the ingredients in a blender and blend to a paste.
Sweet and Sour Date – Tamarind Chutney
20 – 25 dates (remove seeds)
¼ cup water
1 tablespoon tamarind paste
1 tsp red chili powder
1 tsp cumin coriander powder
1 tablespoon sugar / jaggery
½ teaspoon salt
Method:
Place above ingredients in mixie & Blend to a fine paste.
Spicy Chilli – Garlic Chutney
10 – 12 cloves of garlic, peeled
3 long mild red Kashmiri chillies (or more to taste)
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1 teaspoon salt, or to taste
½ cup boiling water
Method:
Soak chillies in half cup boiling water for about 5 minutes.
Place the chillies and the soaking water in a blender, along with the garlic cloves and lemon juice.ASSEMBLE BHELPURI
1.Place the puffed rice, sev, papri,groundnuts & chanadal and salt in a large bowl.
2.Peel onion and chop finely.chop tomatoes in fine pieces.
3. Clean coriander leaves, wash well and then chop finely. Boil potatoes, peel and cut into bite sized pieces.
4. Wash, remove stem and finely chop green chillies.
5.Combine puffed rice, onion, roasted chana dal, peanuts, potatoes, green chillies, tomato,half of the sev and toss well.
6.Add four crushed puris ,papris and mix. Add salt to taste. Add the three chutneys as per your taste and mix well. Add lemon juice,chat masala and mix.
7.Garnish with chopped coriander leaves and the remaining sev. Serve immediately with remaining puris to eat with.
VARIATIONS:
•You can even add dry roasted or both.
•You can even add fried corn flakes.
•You can add boiled sweet corn
•You can even add chopped raw mango pieces, when they are in season.
Blend to a fine paste. Add the salt and adjust the seasoning to your taste.
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