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Panipuri (originally known as ''jalapatra'' from Mahabharata times) (), phuchka (), gupchup, golgappa, or ''pani ke patashe'' is a type of snack originating in the Indian subcontinent, where it is an extremely common street food.
Panipuri's name varies depending on the region. In
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Panipuri (originally known as ''jalapatra'' from Mahabharata times) (), phuchka (), gupchup, golgappa, or ''pani ke patashe'' is a type of snack originating in the Indian subcontinent, where it is an extremely common street food.
Ingredients
Panipuri consists of a round hollow puri (a deep-fried crisp flatbread), filled with a mixture of flavored water (known as ''imli pani''), tamarind chutney, chili powder, chaat masala, potato mash, onion, or chickpeas. ''Fuchka'' (or ''fuska'' or ''puska'') differs from panipuri in content and taste. It uses spiced mashed potatoes as the filling. It is tangy rather than sweetish while the water is sour and spicy.Names
Panipuri's name varies depending on the region. In Maharashtra
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, it is known as ''Pani Puri''; Haryana it is known as ''paani patashi''; in Madhya Pradesh ''fulki''; in Uttar Pradesh ''pani ke batashe/padake'' ; in Assam ''phuska/puska''; ''Pakodi'' in parts of Gujarat, ''Gup-chup'' in Odisha, Andhra Pradesh, South Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh
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''Phuchka'' in Bengal, Bihar and Nepal. It is popular by the name of ''Gol Gappa'' (/goːl.gapːaː/) in some parts of Northern India (particularly Delhi and Punjab) and Pakistan.
On 10 March 2005, "pani puri" was added to the Oxford English Dictionary.
History
Chaat is considered the predecessor of pani puri/ gol gappa. According to the culinary anthropologist Kurush Dalal, chaat originated in Northern Indian region of what is now Uttar Pradesh. Gol gappa originated In Indian subcontinent. He also noted that it possibly originated from Raj-Kachori
Kachori () is a sweet and spicy deep-fried snack, originating in India subcontinent, and common in places with Indian diaspora and other South Asian diaspora. Alternative names for the snack include kachauri, kachodi and katchuri.
History
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: an accidentally-made smaller puri giving birth to pani puri. Pani puri spread to the rest of India mainly due to migration of people from one part of the country to another in the 20th century.
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See also
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* Dahi puri
* Sev puri
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