Sukhi Bhel means dry & spicy puffed rice. Wait, the story doesn’t end here. This fabulous food holds historic value. Let’s talk about it. Bhel is a lightweight munch & especially for those monitoring their daily calorie intake.
You see the interesting word here is bhel (I’m not talking about Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) 🤣). What we are making today is the well-known street style Indian savoury snack.
This particular snack is famously known as bhel or bhel puri. Needless to say, Indians go gaga over this street food. It’s one of my favourites too. Hence, let’s discuss some unknown parts of this food item before making it. Here we go.
Sukhi Bhel is a mixture of a variety of ingredients. It includes several fried, toasted & roasted snacks. In short, bhel is a combination of ready-to-eat & ready-made namkeen items. In the middle of all these, we have a hero ingredient in the bhel. It’s puffed rice aka murmura, mamra, muri or mudi. Without puffed rice any kind of bhel is incomplete.
Not only namkeen but we also have other items to include in our sukhi bhel aka dry bhel. For instance, onion, coriander, tomato & lemon juice. These are regular add-ons to the bhel immaterial of where you eat.
It is impossible to track the roots of bhel. But this delicacy did originate in India. That’s the reason why people across the country eat bhel. The only difference is the name they have given to this snack. Let’s see the interesting names of bhel across popular Indian states.
Although the process is similar yet this snack item has different names. Here’s a list of the same. Enjoy.
Okay, now we have enough info about bhel. Since we know a lot about this snack why not make it in the first place. Let’s begin.
Sukhi bhel has infinite items. However, not literally infinite but it seems likewise. No matter whatever you add it feels like something more would be better. In other words, anything and everything is fair in love, war & sukhi bhel. emoji. I have pointed out some essential ingredients. Refer below.
The meethi chutney in the list above is additional. I like the dates & jaggery chutney with tamarind. Remember, we are making dry bhel hence keep the quantity limited. Now let’s go through the procedure.
Making sukhi bhel is an easy job. Moreover, you will get the exact taste similar to the one you eat on the streets. With this in mind, follow the steps below. For a detailed process scroll to the recipe card at the bottom.
Hence, keep the above tips in mind while making sukhi bhel. Let me know in the comments section what type of bhel did you make. Also, tell me what is bhel in your regional language.
Please have a look at our similar chaat recipes like Tamarind Corn Chaat and Dahi Batata Puri Chaat.