🥗 Bhel puri

Name: Bhel puri
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: India · Mumbai
Ingredients: 100 g puffed rice; 60 g fine sev; 2 medium potatoes, boiled and diced; 1 tomato, finely chopped; 1 small onion, finely chopped; 4 tbsp tamarind chutney; 1 green chilli, finely chopped; 1 tsp chaat masala, salt; Juice of 1/2 lemon; A handful of fresh coriander, chopped

Origin: India · Mumbai

350kcal

per serving · 200 g

175kcal

per 100 g

10 gProtein5 g / 100 g

12 gFat6 g / 100 g

54 gCarbs27 g / 100 g

Bhel puri is a crunchy Indian street snack of puffed rice tossed with fine fried chickpea-flour noodles (sev), boiled potato, tomato, onion and fresh coriander. Sweet-sour tamarind chutney, a little green chilli and a squeeze of lemon bring it together into a tangy, spicy, sweet mix. It is assembled to order and eaten straight away, before the puffed rice loses its crunch.

Diets

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Vegetarianno meat or fish in a typical recipe

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Veganno meat, fish or animal products in a typical recipe

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No pork

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Dairy-freeno milk, cheese, butter or yogurt in a typical recipe

Contains glutenno wheat, barley or rye in a typical recipe

Not keto27 g carbs per 100 g

Allergens

Contains (in a typical recipe):

⚠ Gluten

What it is made of

puffed ricesevpotatotomatotamarind chutneycilantro

Recipe

4 servings20 min

Ingredients

100 g puffed rice
60 g fine sev
2 medium potatoes, boiled and diced
1 tomato, finely chopped
1 small onion, finely chopped
4 tbsp tamarind chutney
1 green chilli, finely chopped
1 tsp chaat masala, salt
Juice of 1/2 lemon
A handful of fresh coriander, chopped

Method

If the puffed rice is not crisp, toast it in a dry pan for 2–3 minutes and let it cool.
In a large bowl combine the potato, tomato, onion, green chilli, chaat masala and a pinch of salt.
Just before serving, add the puffed rice and tamarind chutney and toss quickly to coat.
Squeeze over the lemon juice, top with sev and coriander and serve immediately.

How to make it lighter

Double the tomato, onion and cucumber or grated carrot and use less sev, which is the fried, fat-rich part of the mix.
Tamarind chutney is sweetened, so use 1 tbsp per portion and add extra lemon juice for tang.
Puffed rice is very light by volume — a full bowl of it is a filling snack for relatively few calories, so keep the toppings modest.

History

Bhel puri is one of the best-known chaat snacks of Mumbai, closely associated with the stalls along the city's beaches such as Chowpatty and Juhu. Today it is sold by street vendors and served at snack counters across India.

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Values are estimates per 100 g for a typical recipe; home and restaurant versions vary. Diets and allergens are worked out from the ingredients of a typical recipe — always check with whoever cooked the dish. Not medical advice. Nutrition data: Me Nutrition dish database v13. How we count →