Bhel Puri is a savory snack prepared with puffed rice with added vegetables, sev, and the delicious sweet dates and tamarind chutney. I include green chutney too in my version, and this is the wet Bhel puri recipe.
Even though the recipe originated in Bombay, it has spread its wings across the Indian Subcontinent, and every place has its Bhel recipe. I have already posted the Kolkata version, which is popularly known as Jhal muri and my own Tortilla Bhel Cups with moong dal. Now here comes the wet Bhel recipe.
When I think about chaats, the two recipes that come to mind are Pani Puri and Bhelpuri. Cutlet, Pani Puri, and Bhelpuri were the first three recipes that I wrote down on my list. I wanted to post all these three in the very first week, but later I had to shuffle the schedule to make the spread much more enjoyable.
This bhelpuri is a versatile recipe, and you can adjust the ingredients as per your preference. You can skip papdis and add tortilla chips instead and also replace potatoes with other veggies. I usually add carrots, cucumbers, onion, tomatoes, and green chilies. I love spicy and tangy bhel puri. So along with green chilies, I add the green chutney. I spice up the bhel with amchur powder, chaat masala, jal jeera masala, and lemon juice. But you can add more or less of this masala and adjust as per your preference.
I usually set aside 1 cup of bhel before mixing green chutney and green chilies. For his version, I just add vegetables and a tsp of tomato ketchup. :-) I used my homemade papdis for this bhel. Here comes the spicy and tangy bhel puri,
How to Make Bhel Puri?
Ingredients:
- Murmura – 2 cups
- Grated Carrot – 1/4 cup
- Tomato – 1
- Onion – 1/4 cup, chopped
- Cilantro – 3 tbsps, chopped
- Cucumber – 3 tbsps, chopped
- Roasted Peanuts – 3 tbsps
- Canned Garbanzo Beans – 3 tbsps (optional)
- Potato – 1 (optional)
- Sev – 3 tbsps
- Green Chilly – 1
- Lemon Juice – 2 tsps
- Sweet Chutney – 1 tbsp
- Green Chutney – 1 tbsp
- Jal Jeera Masala – 1 tsp heaped
- Chaat Masala – 1 tsp heaped
- Black Salt – 1 tsp heaped
- Amchur Powder – 1 tsp heaped
- Papdi – 3 to 4
Prep Work:
- Chop the onion, cilantro, green chilly, and cucumber.
- I usually remove the pulp of the tomato and chop them.
- Peel the carrot skin and grate them.
- Boil the potato in your preferred way and mash them up.
- If the murmura or puffed rice is not crisp, then dry roast for a couple of minutes or sun dry them for about 1 hour.
Steps:
- Take the murmura in a big bowl.
- Add all the chopped veggies.
- Then the chutneys, dry masalas, sev, and mix well.
- Before serving, add the lemon juice and serve.
- That’s it. Bhelpuri is ready.
Notes:
- You can skip the papadis and instead use tortilla chips or Ritz crackers.
- You can skip green chilly and use more green chutney, or you can do the other way around as well.
- Adjust the masalas and spices as per your preference.
- I used black salt instead of regular salt. You can use half and half of both or either one.
- Any other sprouts can be used too instead of garbanzo beans.
Bhel Puri
Ingredients
- 2 cups Puffed Rice murmura, pori
- 1/4 cup Carrot grated
- 1 Tomato chopped
- 1/4 cup Onion chopped
- 3 tbsp Cilantro chopped
- 3 tbsp Cucumber chopped
- 3 tbsp Peanuts roasted
- 3 tbsp Garbanzo Beans optional, I used the canned ones
- 1 Potato optional
- 3 tbsp Sev
- 1 Green Chilly chopped
- 2 tsp Lemon Juice
- 1 tbsp Sweet Chutney
- 1 tbsp Green Chutney
- 1 tsp Jal Jeera Masala heaped
- 1 tsp Chaat Masala heaped
- 1 tsp Black Salt heaped
- 1 tsp Amchur Powder heaped
- 4 Papdi
Instructions
Prep Work
- Chop the onion, cilantro, green chilly and cucumber.
- I usually remove the pulp of the tomato and chop them.
- Peel the carrot skin and grate them.
- Boil the potato in your preferred way and mash them up.
- If the murmura or puffed rice is not crisp, dry roast for a couple of minutes or sun dry them for about 1 hour.
Steps
- Take the murmura in wide bowl.
- Add all the chopped veggies.
- Then the chutneys, dry masalas, sev and mix well.
- Before serving, add the lemon juice and serve.
- That’s it. Bhel puri is ready.
Notes
- You can skip papadi and use tortilla chips or ritz crackers.
- You can skip green chilly and use more green chutney or you can do the other way round as well.
- Adjust the masalas and spices as per your preference.
- I used black salt instead of regular salt. You can use half and half of both or either one.
- Any other sprouts can be used too instead of garbanzo beans.
Nutrition
I am not a nutritionist. The nutritional information is provided as a courtesy and is an estimate only. It varies depending upon the product types or brands.
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All time favorite snack. Can munch on this all day.
Same here. Thanks
I was thinking you have already shared this…who can resist Bhel!..lovely presentation..
no.. was waiting for this BM. :-)
That plate is super tempting. I am very sad that we don’t have a good chaat place near us to enjoy these.
;-) ;-) Thanks Sandhya
This is tempting me so much! Bhel is my favorite chaat and I can eat it all the time
:-) Thanks Sowmya.
Another classic chaat. Bhel puri looks absolutely delicious.
Thanks a lot Pavani.
OMG! My tummy is grumbling that I am not feeding it anything as interesting as this bhel. Delicious your pictures are making a mockery of my dinner of muddi palya something that we adore.
he he Thanks a lot :-)
Bhel puri is a house favorite here! Your version looks tempting.
Thanks a lot
Love the guilt free and flavorful bhel. That plate of your bhel looks so inviting.
Thanks much.
Bhel puri, this dish is my all time favourite and prefect to dish out to munch anytime of the day.
:-) Thanks Priya
I love bhel anytime …. Good share vidhya….
Thanks Priya…
I like anything with murmura and that is a tempting plate of bhel puri!!
:-) Thanks
This is one guilt free chaat,love it to the core.Love the mixture of tastes in Bhel.
Thanks Nalini.
You are tempting me too much with your month long chat series. I really need some bhel puri right now..
:-) Thanks Gayathri.. Gonna pack some for you ;-)
That is an irresstible bowl of bhel. Love it.
Thanks Harini.
yummy yummy yummy ! keep them coming !
sure sure.. thankoo
my fav.. Looks so tempting
Thanks Veena.
I love your version of bhel..it has a lot more than what a bhel puri vendor mixes in..cool pics too.
Thanks a lot Vaishali. :-)