Bhel

I am thinking of some thing chatpatta to begin with. How about some Indian street food?
Like aloo tikki, panni puri bhel or bhel ? hmmm……sounds too good

Bhel is a one of the delightfully chatpatta snack of Indian steet food. Specifically related to Chowpatty of mumbai. This street food is available all across India on portable stalls as well as restaurants by different names. Bhelpuri in Mumbai, Jhaal Muri in Kolkata, Murri Mix in Andhra ,Bhel in kolhapur or papdi chaat in gujrat an so on & on…… when you have the bhel at the chatwala bhaiya’s portable stalls its always served in newspaper/magazine cones & a thick paper or card sheet spoon is given to eat!!
It has its own fun. I still remember Raja bhau’s bhel in kolhapur where every evening there is rush to have his bhel.
One thing for sure is that these chatwala bhaiya’s open their portable chat stalls during the evenings to serve the famous street foods –bhel,pani puri ,sev puri , aloo tikki,pav bhaji…mmmm I am hungry again!
Bhel is a typical street food, a mix of puffed rice, farsan , sev , onions, tomato, roasted peanuts ,emli khajoor chutney &coriander .Its tangy, spicy & best of all chatpatti all at the same time.
While kolkatta, andra, kolhapur have their own versions of puffed rice mixture the most famous is the bhelpuri from Mumbai !
You can add boiled potato, canned channa ,raw mango, grated carrots, sprouts, & make it more nutritious , So just be creative and use your imagination!!
Now I’ll be putting my version of bhel & bhel puri here, we just love it hope you too enjoy it!!!

Ingredients:
2 cups Chirmura/ murmura/ puffed rice whatever you can it
1/2 cup emli khajur chutney
1/4 cup coriander finely chopped
1 cup of onions very finely chopped
1/2 cup of finely chopped tomatoes
2tsp of tomato ketchup
1 tsp chaat masala
1tsp sugar
1/2 tsp lime juice
1/2 cup of sev / Bombay mix

Procedure:

• In a big bowl mix everything else except chirmuras
• Just before eating add the chirmuras .
• Mix it properly & chatpatti bhel is ready to eat

Nothing beats a healthy home made chatpatti bhel!