Laiya Bhel is bhel made with puffed rice, fried chickpeas and peanuts. Finely chopped onions, tomatoes, coriander and green chillies jazz it up.This is a lip smacking munch from the streets of Lucknow.
Laiya was a new name for me , I heard this for the first time in Lucknow . Laiya is basically puffed rice , what we call kurmura. These kurmuras are roasted with salt and turmeric and then mixed with kokle chane and roasted peanuts . Chick peas or kabuli channa when roasted or fried are called Kokhle Chane .
A mix of roasted chickpeas , roasted peas , roasted peanuts with Laiya is jazzed up with chopped onions , tomatoes , green chilly , raw mango and coriander leaves . A pinch of spicy chaat masala and finally some lemon juice is added , these are then served in paper cones. You just take the paper cone and fill it up , and remove a little on your palm and enjoy . There are no spoons for eating this jazzed up bhel which is a perfect evening munch.
For this bhel I roasted the peanuts, but fried the chickpeas . The green peas are store bought as I am still looking for a perfect recipe to make them .
Roasted Spicy Peanuts in oven
Ingredients
2 cups peanuts
1 tsp oil
Mix of red chilly powder , chaat masala , cumin seed powder
Salt to taste
Method
Place peanuts in a bowl , drizzle oil and toss to coat.
Sprinkle salt and mix well.
Bake at 300 degrees for 20 – 25 minutes, stirring occasionally, till brown.
Transfer to an un greased baking tray.
Remove and mix the spices while still hot .
Spread on a waxed paper, let cool and store in a airtight container.
To make Laiya
Heat 1 tsp oil add a pinch of turmeric and a very small pinch of salt .
Mix well , without burning .
Add the kurmuras and roast on slow fire stirring constantly .
Once crisp , let cool .
Store in a airtight container.
To make the Bhel
1 cup roasted laiya
Handful roasted peanuts
Handful roasted green peas
Handful khokhla channa
1 tsp onion, finely chopped
1 tsp tomato , finely chopped
1 tsp raw mango finely chopped
1-2 green chilly , roughly chopped
Coriander leaves
Chaat masala to taste
Salt to taste
Juice of 1/2 lemon
Mix the above and finally drizzle lemon juice and mix again.
Serve in paper cones and enjoy .
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From the streets of Lucknow
Laiya Bhel with roasted Peanuts
A lip smacking protein rich Bhel made with roasted peanuts, chikpeas and peas. Spicy, crunchy and tangy, a perfect munch !
Ingredients
- 2 cups peanuts
- 1 tsp oil
- roasted cumin powder, chat masala mix all three
- salt to taste
Laiya Bhel
- roasted peanuts
- roasted chickpeas
- roasted green peas
- roasted laiya
- 1 tsp onion finely chopped
- 1 tsp tomato finely chopped
- 1 tsp raw mango finely chopped
- 2 green chilly roughly chopped
- coriander leaves
- chat masla to taste
- salt to taste
- lemon juice
Instructions
- Place peanuts in a bowl , drizzle oil and toss to coat.Sprinkle salt and mix well.
- Bake at 300 degrees for 20 - 25 minutes stirring occasionally till brown.
- Transfer to an un greased baking tray.
- Remove and mix the spices while still hot .
- Spread on a waxed paper, let cool and store in a airtight container.
Roasting Laiya
- Heat 1 tsp oil add a pinch of turmeric and a very small pinch of salt .
- Mix well , without burning .
- Add the kurmuras and roast on slow fire stirring constantly .
- Once crisp , let cool .
Laiya Bhel
- Mix the ingredients for the Bhel and drizzle lemon juice and mix again.
- Serve in paper cones and enjoy .
Notes
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OMG literally drooling over your clicks Vaishali. Such a crunchy munchy snack this is. My husband loves snacks like this. I will make it for him – I think he’ll be thrilled 🙂
Omg, this Laiya bhel is definitely a real torture, i love to enjoy these sorts of super crunchy munchy street foods. And this bhel will definitely please my tastebuds.
Wow, love the entire setup Vaishali, you have recreated the exact chaat stall in this setup,Kudos !!! Laiya Bhel sounds crunchy and spicy. Would love to give a try on sometime.
That is a very unique name for this street food. I am sure we will love this with all the crunchy things in there!
Oh my my, this bhel s so good with all those crunchy ingredients. Totally a flavour bomb.
Eating by hand has its own taste. Earlier even in the beach, sundals doesn’t come with a spoon. Spoons are recent additions. This is such a lip-smacking chaat.
Love this bhel shop.. Beautifully recreated the magic vaishali… Awesome share…
I love the khokhla channa in particular . New recipe name for me.. and liked the set up.. 🙂
Omg di the set up itself is making me hungry ,I am yet to explore lucknowi cuisine and this is a new street food to me .. Looks fabulous , In south we do have a similar bhel , love the addition of roasted channa, chickpeas and green peas in it 🙂 Yummy street food from you again, you never fail to impresse .. Kudos to all the effort you took 🙂
Vaishali you have got the whole setup done so well, love those currency notes on display..lol..what a sinful and tempting bhel this is!..too good!..and a live pic to boot!..nobody can beat you on this!
Beautiful clicks Vaishali. not heard of this kind of bhel but it’s a wonderful mixture of basic ingredients to make a lovely chatpatta snack.
Wow Vaishali beautiful setup! Bhel looks yumm! The paper potlies look so perfect , I had a tough time getting them correct for my masala pori post!
I can have this Bhel anytime, jazzed with crunchy peanuts and peas they look inviting ❤️
When it comes to presentation I am so dumb but seeing your wonderful presentations I am always speechless. Such tasty puffed rice bhel.
Wow! You have included the real street food pics !! And frankly, I first see your set up and props and only after that I go on to read teh intro and the recipe. Awesome !!!
Vaishali, hats off to your patience and organizing skill. I just love your setup and that money dabba is just unbelievable. I have o words to describe your styling skills. The recipe looks so mouthwatering and with your set up, it feels so real like I am eating from a chaat wala.
I love the fact that you bring interesting variations for even the mundane stuff. Enjoying this jazzed up version of bhel.
So many variety of bhel, I found in this marathon Now i can manage A to z bhel also.,. Bookmarked.