At last week’s supperclub, Priyanka made a wonderful, crisp and savory Indian dish called Bhel Puri made of puffed rice, potatoes, tomatoes, onions, and cilantro, with plenty of tamarind sauce and mint chutney.
The puffed rice mix is spicy! But I love it.
You’ll need:
- 4 cups puffed rice mix (mixture of puffed rice and sev, little savory fried noodles you may have seen in snack mixes)
- 1/2 cup diced tomato
- 1/2 cup chopped raw red onion
- 1/4 cup chopped cilantro
- 1/2 cup chopped boiled potato
- 2 T lemon juice
- salt
- mint chutney
- tamarind and date chutney
1. Preheat oven to 350F. Spread the puffed rice mix in a deep baking dish and toast lightly to warm through, about 20 minutes.
2. In the meantime, boil the potatoes and chop all of the vegetables and herbs so that you are prepared to assembly the dish.
3. When you’re ready to eat, divide the puffed rice mixture among your serving bowls then add he potatoes, tomatoes, and onions (about 2 T of each), top with cilantro, a pinch of salt, and a spoonful – or more – of chutney and sauce. Mix well and enjoy!
Sometimes, bhel puri is also served with fresh mango on top – I think that would be delicious in the summer! In fact, what I love about this dish is how easy it transitions from winter to summer months.
That looks great and I haven’t cooked with puffed rice before.
It’s delicious!
Exotic! Looks lovely! Never seen that type of puffed ryce before. Wonder if maybe the type I know can be jazzed up a bit with spices…
It’s a special Indian mix but I’m sure you can spice up the kind you have!
hmm, weirdly i do have puffed rice in the pantry, i bought it by mistake but not the little savoury thingies.. I would like to know how to make the mint chutney though, that sounds appealing.. c
Let me know if you try to savoury-up the regular puffed rice and how it turns out!
How interesting! It sounds delicious.
Definitely unexpected but delicious!