Bhel Puri

Bhel puri is a savory snack and a type of chaat commonly served as street food, made from puffed rice, papri and sev layered with boiled potatoes and chopped onions and topped with tangy tamarind chutney and coriander chutney, sometimes with tomatoes, fried lentils, nuts and spices. It originated in Mumbai and draws on Gujarati and North Indian chaat traditions, though its exact origin is disputed, with one Mumbai restaurant established in 1875 claiming to have invented it and a folk legend crediting the seventeenth century Maratha emperor Shivaji. Ingredients are added one at a time to preserve their separate textures, and it is traditionally served by street vendors known as bhel wallas on leaf plates or newsprint, eaten by hand as an evening snack.