Jhal Muri is a road side snack which is very popular in Calcutta.Something like the Mumbai bhel. Of course the ingredients vary, but the star ingredient “puffed rice or murmuras” remain the same.
All these years I never really bothered to understand why this dish was called Jhal muri. Only recently I learnt that Jhal means spicy and muri is the puffed rice.
You get a special masala for the muri, but I have always made it with the regular spices and the results have been fantastic.There is no particular recipe to it, it is just that you mix in the ingredients in the ratio you like . I have put in the way I make for myself. You could minus or add whatever you wish to.
2 cups puffed rice
1 tbsp potatoes, boiled and finely chopped
1 tbsp cucumber, peeled and finely chopped
1 tsp onions, finely chopped
1 tsp coconut, finely chopped
1 tsp roasted peanuts
1/4 tsp black salt
1/4 tsp roasted cumin powder
Red chilly powder
Salt to taste
Few drops mustard oil
Lemon juice
Fresh coriander leaves
Mix in all the ingredients and garnish with fresh coriander leaves.
Serve immediately.
Some people like to add chopped tomatoes too, but I avoid it as it makes it soggy very fast .
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I like the combination of ingredients used in it. You Jalmuri looks so tempting & i am feeling hungry:)
My all time favourite,missing these beauties and havent made since a long,you are tempting me to make some soon.
delicious and tongue tickling… one of my fav chat when I was in Calcutta!!
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Yum …love to munch on these …
Yummy yummyyyyyy
Sooo fresh.need a to go for me..yumm
the pic is soooo tempting… and the coriander adds just that lil colour… tempting clicks đ and new to me that mustard oil is added to this…
It's tempting, haven't tried like this, puffed rice is one my kids favorite. Need to try soon.
Yummy and quick to put together.
I actually had a recipe for this I found several years ago and made it before for a party – super delish!
You get these ready made 'masala poris' here, its just puffed rice sauted in basic spicy masalas. They tasty yummy. So I can totally imagine how wonderful a homemade version with so many other ingredients would be!!
Delicious Jal muri. The pack is making me so hungry…
I remember eating something similar on Visakhapatnam's beach years ago.. Slightly spicy, crunchy and tangy — absolutely delicious.
Guilt free snack,looks tempting and love the presentation..
Spicy n tempting muri!!!! Inviting clicks!!!
Yumm..I never added cucumber and potato ..my usual combo is onion and tomato đ
I love mur mure bhel.. It reminded me of my childhood days.. đ
I love this..and always easy to fix and make at home..nice pictures..
The pic is so tempting Vaishali…I wish I had such stalls near our college in those days!!Sigh!!!!:-(