Bhelpuri or Puffed Rice Snack

Bhelpuri or Puffed Rice Snack

This gluten-free Indian street food snack is a lifesaver. I absolutely love Bhelpuri or Puffed Rice Snack and can eat this almost every day. The dish is light, punchy and easy to make.

Prep time: 10 mins

Ingredients Bhelpuri or Puffed Rice Snack:

• Puffed Rice: 1 cup
• Onion: 1/2 chopped
• Green Chillies: 2-3 finely chopped
• Green Coriander Leaves: 1 tbsp. Chopped.
• Tomato: 1/2 chopped**
• Tamarind Chutney: 2 tbsp of tamarind pulp: 2 tbsp
• Sugar: 2 tsp
• Salt to taste/ black salt ( Preferably)
• Raw mango powder: 1 tsp
• Lemon Juice: 1 tsp
• Red Chilli Powder: 1/2 tsp ( If you like it less hot, please adjust according to your taste)
• Mustard oil: 1/2 tsp

Method:

1. Dry roast the puffed rice. In a hot pan, add the puffed rice, and roast it on low heat for 2-3 minutes. Once the rice is crisp, turn off the heat.
2. Make the sweet tamarind chutney: Soak the tamarind pulp in water for 5 minutes, crush the pulp with your fingers, discard the pulp, now in the tamarind water add the sugar and whisk it.
3. Taste the tamarind chutney it should taste sweet and sour. Your chutney is ready.
4. In a bowl, add the onion, chilies, coriander, tomatoes, salt, chili powder, and raw mango powder and mix well. Now add the puffed rice to this, add some tamarind chutney and mix well.
5. Taste the bhelpuri, if it tastes sweet-sour-hot then it’s ready. If you feel a bit of fixing is required, fix it according to your taste.

Tip: ** you can add any other veggies according to your preference, like cucumber, mint, etc.

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Bhelpuri or Puffed Rice Snack

Recipe by KhushbooCourse: Snacks, Vegan, VegetarianCuisine: Indian

Servings

2

servings

Prep time

10

minutes

Cooking timeminutes

Total time

10

minutes

Ingredients

• Puffed Rice: 1 cup

• Onion: 1/2 chopped

• Green Chillies: 2-3 finely chopped

• Green Coriander Leaves: 1 tbsp. Chopped.

• Tomato: 1/2 chopped

• Tamarind Chutney: 2 tbsp of tamarind pulp: 2 tbsp

• Sugar: 2 tsp

• Salt to taste/ black salt ( Preferably)

• Raw mango powder: 1 tsp

• Lemon Juice: 1 tsp

• Red Chilli Powder: 1/2 tsp ( If you like it less hot, please adjust according to your taste)

• Mustard oil: 1/2 tsp

Directions

• Dry roast the puffed rice. In a hot pan, add the puffed rice, and roast it on low heat for 2-3 minutes. Once the rice is crisp, turn off the heat.
• Make the sweet tamarind chutney: Soak the tamarind pulp in water for 5 minutes, crush the pulp with your fingers, discard the pulp, now in the tamarind water add the sugar and whisk it.
• Taste the tamarind chutney it should taste sweet and sour. Your chutney is ready.
• In a bowl, add the onion, chilies, coriander, tomatoes, salt, chili powder, and raw mango powder and mix well. Now add the puffed rice to this, add some tamarind chutney and mix well.
• Taste the bhelpuri, if it tastes sweet-sour-hot then it’s ready. If you feel a bit of fixing is required, fix it according to your taste.
• Tip: ** you can add any other veggies according to your preference, like cucumber, mint, etc.