Jhal Muri
Jhal Muri is a street food from Kolkata made with puffed rice, mustard oil, chopped vegetables and spices!
Ingredients
- 100 g Puffed rice
- 2 tbsp Mustard Oil adjust, according to taste
- 1 Onion finely chopped
- 1 Tomato finely chopped
- 2 Potatoes boiled and cubed
- ½ Cucumber finely chopped
- 2-3 Green Chillies finely chopped
- 1 Lemon juice
- 1½ tsp Bhaja Masala
- 1 tsp Salt
- 2 tbsp Sev for garnish
- Roasted peanuts handful, for crunch
- Coriander leave finely chopped, for ganish
For the Bhaja Masala
- 1 tsp Fennel seeds
- 1 tsp Cumin seeds
- 1 tsp Coriander seeds
- 2 Whole Cardamom pods
Instructions
Prep Work
- Boil / Pressure cook potatoes, remove the skin and cut them up into small cubes.
- Prepare the Bhaja MasalaPlace a pan on medium heat - add coriander seeds, fennel seeds, jeera and cardamon pods. Roast it for a 2 minutes on a low flame and turn off the heat. Once the spices are cool, grind them to a fine powder - your Bhaja Masala is ready.
- Chop up all the vegetables that you are planning to use - onions, green chillies, tomatoes, cucumbers and coriander leaves.
Putting the Jhal Muri together
- To a large bowl, add the puffed rice, chopped vegetables, sev, mustard oil, bhaja masala, sev, roasted peanuts and salt. Mix all of them vigorously in the bowl.
- Have a taste of the Jhal muri and add more bhaja masala and salt if needed.
- Squeeze lemon juice and garnish with coriander leaves.
- Serve Jhal Muri on a plate and consume immediately.