Pani Puri (Puchka) in Kolkata - One of The BEST Indian Street Food Snacks

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Pani puri, also called puchka in Kolkata, is one of the best Indian street food snacks. I loved snacking on them when I was in Kolkata, India. There are few Indian street foods more intriguing, tempting, and as popular as something known as pani puri. In Kolkata, they are known as puchka and in other parts of India they are referred to as golgappa, but they are all quite similar, and the most common name is just pani puri. These snacks are widely available in India, Pakistan, and Nepal. Puri is the world for a deep fried piece of dough, which in this case is a little hollow ball about the size of a golf ball. It's crispy like a chip. Pani is the Hindi word for water, so both together make up chips and water. Pani puri is available all over India, but in this Indian street food video, I'm on the streets of Kolkata for my first taste of a pani puri. As soon as I rolled up, the vendor first handed me a small bowl that was made from a leaf. The bowl was tiny, only able to hold a single pani puri at a single time. It was time to begin round one. The vendor began by grabbing a puri from his big stockpile, an entire tower of puris, and he then poked a hole in it with his thumb. He then added some masala spiced potatoes, a few spices and finally dipped into a bucket of water. Now it's not just plain water that fills the puris, in this case it was tamarind infused water including extra spices, onions, and cilantro. So after the pani puri (puchka) was completely assembled, the vendor then handed it to me by placing it in the small leaf bowl. Huddled around the vendor, I grabbed the puri, and plopped the entire combination of ingredients into my mouth in a single bite. You have to take a single bite, of the ingredients will all spill out. What greeted my mouth was an extremely delicious burst of crunchy was transformed into a flavorful gush of the spicy tamarind water. It was a culinary sensation like I'd never had before, a contrast of flavors and textures that really went well together. As soon as I had chewed down my first pani puri, the vendor was immediately ready with another fresh one, and placed it into my bowl again. It's important to eat pani puri one at a time so they don't get soggy from the water. I ate a round of five, though I wanted to stand there indefinitely and eat more and more. I mentioned above, pani puri is a favorite Indian street food, and it's available all over the country. There are a number of different variations and alterations of the snack, but the ones in Kolkata are normally filled with tamarind water that's salty and sour. If you are in Kolkata, be sure to take a wander around the New Market where you'll find all kinds of chaotic action including a ton of delicious street food. Be sure to check out my full list of Kolkata street food here: and my Kolkat travel guide here
Date: 2019-08-19

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Comments and reviews: 10

Partha Chattopadhyay
Thanks a lot Mark for the detailed view of my city. After seeing other videos from your Kolkata tour, I was thinking you have missed a lot of stuff here. But seeing this video on chay. I cannot complain. But also I must add, Kolkata is a place where you can choose to come again, and please taste the below items: ilish vapa, sorshe ilish, laal doi, nokurer sandesh, Kandahar laham, chicken kurchan, tel koi, pomfret haro gouri, arsalan mutton kebab, Dada boudi biriyani, bagda chingrir malaikary, halim from nakhoda masjid, topse fry, pabdar jhaal to name a few. Thanks again for staying 10 days in Kolkata.
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yugandhar beesetty
I'm not going to lie. I ate Pani puri all my adult life atleast 4 times a week and the idea of the food being unhygienic never occurred to me and I never got sick either. Now, it's been 10 years living in America and the sight of how the vendor handled food scares the hell out of me and I am not sure if I would want to eat it. I promise I am not some kind of pretentious asshole. I would sleep on floor and pee in the streets if I must prove otherwise lol. But I am not sure about the food. ;)
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naruto uzumaki
Mark wiens- wat is the cost of this pani puriPanipurivala- 10 k 4Me- bhaiya pani ptase kese diyePanipurivala-10 k 4Me-kyo re bap ko chodna sikhayega bhosdike. chl 10 k 6 khila mdrchodMark wien listened whole conversation carefullyMark wien to panipuriwala-kyo re bap ko chodna sikhayega bhosdike. chl 10 k 6 khilaAfter dat panipurivala fed 10 panipuri for 6rs
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Harsh sharma
He should use gloves it mix some extra flavours from his hand and nails may be at his home he take a bath in it than servers to the people's that's really a unhygienic food may be 10 for 4 after u suffer from food poisoning need to pay extra so it's not cheap street food more expensive than the hotels
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paree kolkata indian hindu vandemataram
I m from kolkata n its our right to take the 'fhao' at last after having puchka or pani puri. im now in guwahati. i dont get that extra fhao here. :( fhao means dry papri with chat masala at last. n its for free given in kolkata. i miss kolkata. my home. my city of joy
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mobile gaming
sab toh india main muh se atithi devo bhava he bolte hai. lekin kuch bharwe dukandaar India ka naam dubane main lage rehte hai. sach main sharm aati hai esi vdo's ko dekh kr. kyuki bahar k log v samajhte hai. or hindi language nahi samajh ne wala v cmnts pardh kr samajh he jayega.
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Chethan Rathna
As an Indian I am ashamed to have people like them here. Indians definitely take more for foreignersEdit: I think we should charge more for foriegners as 1 US dollar = 70 INDIAN rupees. But charging more just to take advantage without knowing the above fact is bad.
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shreyashi Chatterjee
It's in esplande. the kolkata shopping heaven. and btw we keep complaining that something is missing either spice or salt. and you HAVE TO take a free at the end. hahahaha. there should be a guide to eating phuchka Jus love them
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sudip dey
Guys please don't call it either pani puri or golgappa. This is Fuchka. May look similar to a pani puri or golgappa but it tastes completely different. This is softer and spicier and often made very spicy with green chilli paste.
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Sarthak Sharma
Cunts calling everything UnhygenicJust cuz they havent made it with white gloces on and fancy equipment doesnt make it unclean If it was unclean every indian would have some sort of diseaseBut guess what they dont
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