Bhel Puri Recipe | Easy Bhel | Mumbai Street Food At Home

Here is Yummefy’s take on the classic Mumbai-style chatpati bhel puri recipe. Making bhel puri at home has never been this easy.

Three things come to mind at the mention of Bhelpuri - crunchy, tangy and spicy. It is an explosion of various unique flavors and textures in the mouth, all perfectly in sync with each other. This soul-satisfying bhel puri snack can brighten up your day in a snap as soon you take that savoury first bite.

Our bhelpuri recipe is a homage to this most-loved chaat (street-food savoury), which originated in Mumbai, but is now sold on the streets of cities all across India. Served in large paper cones, bhelpuri is an instant on-the-go snack that you can feast upon any time without guilt. We promise you that one bite of our sweet and sour bhel puri recipe will transport you to the streets of Mumbai, the unmistakable place for an ultimate bhelpuri experience.

Best Bhel Puri recipe variations:

Common in Mumbai is the geeli bhel or wet bhel recipe followed by a dry bhel puri recipe variation. Jhalmuri sold in the streets of Kolkata could be called the Bengali variant of bhelpuri (though we are sure most Bengalis will object to this characterisation), and it is typically spicier and has a pungent palate. Churmuri is yet another variant that hails from Mangalore. Over years, Bhelpuri has been customized to adapt various ethnic taste preferences but the good-old Mumbai-style bhel puri still remains at the heart of all versions.

Why should I try to make Bhel Puri at home?

This puffed rice and tamarind sauce savoury is a potpourri of flavors that even the pickiest of eaters can’t resist. While watching this low-fat, tasty and nutritious bhel puri being made by the street-food sellers is quite enjoyable, we say it is equally delightful and truly easy to prepare it at home with our easy-to-follow bhel puri snacks recipe.

Tastewise:

The classic Indian bhel puri cannot be categorized under any given set of flavour profile. It creates its own niche by offering a plethora of palate experiences ranging from the sweetness of the chutney to sourness rendered by tamarind and other condiments. Thanks to the soft boiled potatoes, the salad, papdi and the puffed rice that each help create a distinct texture and crunch.

How to make bhel puri the right way:

• Bhel puri combines various elements of different textures, if you throw them all together then you might end up with a mush, therefore it is important to follow the timing and order described in Yummefy’s Bhel puri recipe.
• Always use homemade tamarind paste for our bhel puri chutney recipe. Extract tamarind paste at home by soaking the required quantity of tamarind in the suggested quantity of warm water for 30 minutes. Mash the fruit and separate the pulp from the pit using your fingers. Sieve the mash through a strainer to get a smooth pulp.
• Prepare the imli chutney and let it cool completely before you add it to the dry ingredients in bhel puri.
• Make sure that all the ingredients in bhel puri recipe should either be at room temperature or cool before you toss them together.

Get experimental:

If you are in the mood for an traditional Mumbai-style bhel then we suggest you stick to Yummefy’s bhel puri recipe. But just in case you are short of some ingredients or trying to invent a new recipe then look for some replacements that can be synchronized with the core ingredients. You can try adding popcorn, makhana (fox nuts), chips, sprouts, peanuts, sweetcorn, cheese or pomegranate seeds to your bhel.

Serving and garnishing suggestion:

All the ingredients in bhel puri should be mixed together right before it is served; bhel, once mixed, needs to be consumed immediately. This snack turns soggy and clumps together after a short while of preparing it. Bhel puri chutney can be prepared and stored in an airtight container in the fridge for upto a month. This imli chutney can be used in other chaat recipes like dahi bhallas, sev puri, pani puri and with samosas or dhokla. You can make paper cones at home to serve moderate-sized portions of bhelpuri, and top it with crispy puri which should be used as a spoon to enjoy this delicious snack. Serve bhel puri at high tea by filling up ramekins with the sweet and spicy savoury.

Bhel puri is a union of a variety of tastes and textures that truly embodies the essence of Indian street food. This chatpati bhel is a perfect conversation starter which can brighten up any dull moment with its carnival of exciting flavors.
 

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