Panipuri

Panipuri

Alternative names	Paani ke Batashe (Haryana,Uttar pradesh), Fulki (Madhya Pradesh), Golgappa, gol gappay or Gol Gappa (Delhi, Punjab), Phuchka (Bangladesh, Nepal, West Bengal), Fuska (Sylhet and Chittagong), Gup Chup (Odisha, Bihar, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh), Pakodi (Gujarat)
Type	Snack
Place of origin	India
Region or state	Varanasi
Main ingredients	Flour, spiced water, onions, potatoes, chickpeas
Cookbook: Panipuri   Media: Panipuri

Panipuri ( pānīpūrī ) is a common street snack in several regions of the Indian subcontinent.

It consists of a round, hollow puri, fried crisp and filled with a mixture of flavored water (commonly known as imli pani), tamarind chutney, chili, chaat masala, potato, onion or chickpeas.^[1]

Modern chefs, eager to take their culinary expertise to the next level, have come up with interesting variations to the Gol Gappa like the Cucumber Pani Puri.^[2] A lip smacking, chatpata snack and a favourite of most food lovers, the cucumber Pani Puri uses cucumber juice to fill up the puris.^[3]

Names

Panipuri has various names, depending on the region. In Haryana it is called paani ke patashe; in Madhya Pradesh fulki; in Uttar Pradesh golgappa, in West Bengal, Bangladesh and Nepal, phuchka; in parts of Gujarat, pakodi; in parts of Odisha, Bihar, South Jharkhand, and Chhattisgarh, gup chup.^[4]

Puchka differs from panipuri in terms of content and taste. It uses a mixture of boiled gram and mashed potatoes as the filling,^[5] and is tangy rather than sweetish while the water is sour and spicy.

Gallery

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  Panipuri served with chutney
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  The hollow bread is punctured, opened and filled with vegetable mixture, and sauce
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  Panipuri and its stuffing ingredients: potato, chickpea, pomegranate seeds, chutney, flavored waters
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  Golgappa served with five different pani
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  Potato stuffing for panipuri
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  Panipuri stall in Kolkata

See also

• Dahi puri
• Sevpuri
• Masala puri

References