Generally served as a street food, this Jhalmuri is packed with flavor thanks to a mouth puckering tamarind date chutney serving as the dressing.
This Spiced Puff Rice with Potato and Cucumber is a form of Jhalmuri, an Indian street food salad. It was featured in Wendy’s Kitchen Memoir.
Jhalmuri
Generally served as a street food, this Jhalmuri is packed with flavor thanks to a mouth puckering tamarind date chutney serving as the dressing.
Course Salad
Cuisine Indian
Keyword Cilantro, Cucumber, Jhal Moori, Potatoes, Tamarind Date Chutney, Tomato
Prep Time 20 minutes minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes minutes
Servings 6 servings
Ingredients
- 3 seedless baby cucumbers, chopped in to bite sized pieces
- 1/2 cup onion, chopped
- 1 cup tomato, chopped
- 1 medium yellow potato, boiled, cooled, peeled, and chopped
- 1-2 fresh green chili, chopped
- 3 Tbsp cilantro, chopped
- 1/4 tsp ground roasted cumin seeds
- 3/4 tsp salt
- Black pepper
- 1/2 tsp chaat masala
- 1-3 generous pinches chili powder
- 1 Tbsp fresh lime juice
- 1 tsp olive oil
- 1/2 tsp tamarind chutney
- 1/2 tsp green chutney
- 2 cups puffed rice
Instructions
- In a large bowl combine cucumber, onion, tomato, potato, chili, and cilantro.
- In a small bowl combine ground cumin seeds, salt, pepper, chaat masala, and chili powder. Next add chutneys, lime juice, and olive oil, whisking to combine.
- Pour dressing over vegetables, tossing to combine. Add puffed rice, mix to combine. Serve immediately.
Notes
Recipe from Raghavan Iyer