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.
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