Bhel Puri (Puffed Rice Chaat)
Bhel puri is an easy to make puffed rice chaat bursting with flavors from the fresh veggies, roasted peanuts, and chutneys!
Equipment
Ingredients
- 2 roma tomatoes finely diced
- ½ (125 g) red onion finely diced
- 4 cups puffed rice
- ½ cup unroasted peanuts with skin on
- ¼ cup store bought or homemade tamarind-date chutney
- 2 tablespoons store bought or homemade cilantro-mint chutney
- 1 ½ teaspoons chaat masala plus more to top
- ¼ cup thin sev fried chickpea snack or crushed papdi or crushed pani puri (Optional)
Instructions
Prep Ingredients
- Dice 2 roma tomatoes
- Dice ½ red onion
Main Steps
- Preheat the oven to 325F.
- Take two large baking sheets. Add 4 cups puffed rice to one and ½ cup unroasted peanuts with skin on to the other. Place both sheets in the oven and allow the puffed rice to toast for ~8 minutes or until crunchy and the peanuts to roast for 10-12 minutes until golden brown. Sprinkle a pinch of salt on the nuts while still warm.
- In a large bowl mix tomatoes, onions, ¼ cup store bought or homemade tamarind-date chutney, 2 tablespoons store bought or homemade cilantro-mint chutney, 1 ½ teaspoons chaat masalaand ¼ cup thin sev and mix until the vegetables are thoroughly coated in the chutneys.
- Add puffed rice, toasted peanuts, and sev and mix with urgency until all the crunchy elements are tossed together with the vegetables and chutney. Serve immediately and enjoy!
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Notes and Tips
- Puffed rice can easily be found as muramura at Indian grocery stores or bought online. Alternatively, you can crush rice cakes found in American grocery stores for a similar flavor and texture.
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