Mumbai is a street food city and there are many food items which are famous as street food, like the Pav Bhaji, Vada Pau, Chuski Gola (Crushed Ice dipped in flavored and colored sweetener) and the Olli Bhel.
Olli Bhel is a light evening time snack, made out of puffed rice and other ingredients, combined with flavorful chutney. Olli Bhel can be had as it is or can be combined with tea or coffee. An evening walk on the chowpatty beach in Mumbai with Olli Bhel in your hands and those cold soothing breeze kissing your skin and hairs.
Sounds romantic right? .... So let us make Olli Bhel today, and make this evening a romantic one. Let's Begin........
Ingredients and Steps to make:
You would need two variety of chutney to make Olli Bhel.
The recipes are already there in my previous articles, DHOKLA CHUTNEY. Please check them out.
Take a big mixing bowl.
- Add 1/2 kg puffed rice
- Add 1 small cup namkeen or chanachur
- Add 1 cup sev bhujia (yellow bhujia)
- Add 1 cup peanut (with skin)
- Add 1 cup boondi
- Add 2 - 3 tbsp green chutney
- Add 4 - 6 tbsp tamarind (imli) chutney
- Add 1 tbsp tamarind water or 1 tbsp lemon juice (any one)
- Add 2 medium size potatoes (batata - in mumbai language, boiled, peeled and cut into small dice)
- Add 1 onion (fine chopped)
- Add 2 tomatoes (fine chopped)
- Add 2 - 4 green chillies (fine chopped)
- Add 1- 2 tbsp coriander leafs (fine chopped)
- Add 1 tsp red chilli powder
- Add 1 pinch of black salt (kala namak)
- Add 1 tsp chaat masala
- Add 1/2 tsp jeera powder (roasted)
Mix really well, with a help of a spatula.
Put it on a serving bowl.
Garnish with some sweet tamarind chutney, onions, tomatoes and coriander leafs (all fine chopped).
OLLI BHEL is ready.
0 Comments