Bhel Puri
Mumbai's beach snack: crunchy puffed rice tossed with sev, potato, onion, tomato and raw mango in sweet and spicy chutneys. Mix it at the last second and eat it fast, while it crackles.
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Ingredients
Nutrition
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Steps
Prep everything first
Have all the chopped vegetables, chutneys and crunchy elements ready in separate bowls before you start. Bhel goes soggy within minutes of mixing, so only assemble it right before eating.
- 120g puffed rice
- 60g
- 6 , crushed
- 1 potato, diced
- 1 small onion, chopped
- 1 tomato, chopped
- 2 tbsp green mango, diced
- 3 tbsp tamarind-date
- 2 tbsp green
- 1 tsp
- 1 lime
- 2 tbsp peanuts
- to taste cilantro
Toss quickly
In a large bowl, combine the puffed rice, potato, onion, tomato, mango and peanuts. Add both chutneys, the and lime juice, then toss quickly with your hands or two spoons until evenly coated.
- 120g puffed rice
- 1 potato
- 1 small onion
- 1 tomato
- 2 tbsp green mango
- 2 tbsp peanuts
- 3 tbsp tamarind-date
- 2 tbsp green
- 1 tsp
- 1 lime juice
✅ Done when: everything looks evenly coated with no dry clumps of puffed rice
Top and serve
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Prep everything first
Have all the chopped vegetables, chutneys and crunchy elements ready in separate bowls before you start. Bhel goes soggy within minutes of mixing, so only assemble it right before eating.
- 120g puffed rice
- 60g
- 6 , crushed
- 1 potato, diced
- 1 small onion, chopped
- 1 tomato, chopped
- 2 tbsp green mango, diced
- 3 tbsp tamarind-date
- 2 tbsp green
- 1 tsp
- 1 lime
- 2 tbsp peanuts
- to taste cilantro
Toss quickly
In a large bowl, combine the puffed rice, potato, onion, tomato, mango and peanuts. Add both chutneys, the and lime juice, then toss quickly with your hands or two spoons until evenly coated.
- 120g puffed rice
- 1 potato
- 1 small onion
- 1 tomato
- 2 tbsp green mango
- 2 tbsp peanuts
- 3 tbsp tamarind-date
- 2 tbsp green
- 1 tsp
- 1 lime juice
✅ Done when: everything looks evenly coated with no dry clumps of puffed rice
Top and serve
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The Story Behind the Dish
Bhel puri is inseparable from Mumbai's seafront — the evening crowds at Chowpatty and Juhu beaches have been buying it from hand-carts for generations.
It's thought to have been popularised by Gujarati and North Indian vendors in the city, who combined puffed rice from older snack mixes with the chutneys of chaat.
⭐ Why It's Famous
Light, crunchy and bursting with sweet, sour and spicy flavour, bhel is the snack of evening strolls and monsoon walks by the sea.
💡 Fun Fact
Mumbai vendors mix bhel by hand in a huge steel bowl and serve it with a flat papdi to use as a spoon.
Mumbai, Maharashtra
18.95°N, 72.81°E
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