Bhel is a popular Indian street food recipe. This is a snack recipe that is made from puffed rice along with spices and chutneys. Bhel recipe comes under the “chaat” category in India. This recipe is indeed a treat to your taste buds.
Bhel is classified into two types broadly.
- Dry Bhel – Dry Bhel is known as “sukha bhel” in Hindi. This version is basically made from puffed rice, roasted chana dal, roasted peanuts, chaat masala, other spices and lemon juice. No liquid chutneys are added in dry bhel.
- Wet Bhel – Wet Bhel is known as “geela bhel” in Hindi. This is the version where all the chutneys are added along with potatoes and other spices.
The version I am sharing today is wet bhel which has a generous amount of chutneys(because I LOVE wet bhel a lot). In most of the chaat recipes, there are three chutneys added to make it super tempting.
Commonly used ingredients
Bhel is made from puffed rice and sev along with potatoes, onions, chat masala and chutneys. You can add other fried snacks like aloo bhujiya, bhujiya sev, ratlami sev, chivda etc. Bhel has a balance of sweet, salty, and spicy flavours.
I must mention here that chutneys are the HERO ingredients in any chat recipe and bhel is no exception.
Variations of bhel
- Bhelpuri – bhel is served with papri puris(type of savory crispy crackers).
- Bhel sevpuri – a mixture of bhel, chutney, papdi and sev stuffed in golgappa puris.
- Dahi bhel – Bhel mixture that has chutneys and curd.
- Sev papdi chaat – similar to sevpuri but serve with flat papdi puris.
- Jhalmuri – a popular bhel versionfrom kolkata.
What is the difference between Jhal Muri and Bhel Puri?
Jhal Muri is the Bengali (Kolkata) version of Bhel Puri. Its main feature is the use of raw mustard oil which gives it a very pungent flavour. However, Bhel does not use any oil.
serving
Bhel can be served in many ways, but it is usually served in a paper folded in the form of a cone especially in Mumbai. You have to consume bhel immediately as we have added liquid chutneys in this recipe and puffed rice becomes soggy.
reasons to love this recipe,
- heavenly delicious
- a must try indian street food recipe
- perfect party starter recipe
- kids will love it
- best tea time snack recipe
- actually, you can have it anytime(my favorite reason;))
- easy to make
- no-cooking is required(except boiling potatoes)
- ingredients are available easily
Easy chaat recipes on the blog,
favorite bhel recipe
Ingredients
- 2 cups puffed rice
- 1 medium onion, finely chopped
- ½ cup tomato, finely chopped
- ¼ cup roasted peanuts, optional
- ½ tsp chaat masala
- a pinch of red chilli powder, optional
- 3 to 4 tbsp tamarind chutney, adjust to your taste
- 2 tbsp green chutney, adjust to your taste
- 2 tbsp red garlic chutney, adjust to your taste
- fresh coriander, for garnishing
- handful naylon sev
- 1 cup boiled potatoes, chopped [ 1 to 2 medium]
- 2 tbsp boil moong beans OR black chickpes, optional
- salt to taste
Instructions
- Add all the ingredients except puffed rice and nylon sev in a large bowl.
- Mix well.
- Add the puffed rice and mix nicely.
- Transfer the bhelpuri in serving bowl and garnish with nylon sev.
- Serve immediately.
have a great day!
How delightful, your bhel is so pretty and full of wonderful flavours. I wish to be munching on some whilst strolling along under an Indian sun, right now. Thanks for sharing 😀
Thank you so much dear 🙂
What a fun and delicious snack. I bet this treat does not last long in your house. This would only last a nanosecond here for sure.
thank you bobbi:) this one is our favourite snack.
There are absolutely no obstacles for me to make it. I have some puffed rice at home so what is up to decide is which version to make dear 🙂 🙂 Thank you so much !
I am 100% sure you will like this recipe 🙂