Name: Juhu beach bhel puri
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 1 red onion, finely sliced; 1 green (unripe) mango or ½ deseeded cucumber, shredded; 2 tomatoes, sliced or chopped; 6 cooked new potatoes, roughly chopped; stuffed handful of coriander leaves; 4 tbsp tamarind water, or 2 tbsp lemon juice; 12 bought crisp pooris, part crushed, or a handful of puffed rice (optional); 2 tbsp sweet mango chutney

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Food and Travels

By Alastair Hendy

Published 2004

About

Saturday night, and Bombay empties out on to Juhu Beach. Aunties, uncles, grans and nieces hold hands and enter the water, saris and all. There are pony rides through the surf; ferris wheels; dancing monkeys; street-wise kids touting knick-knacks, kites, balloons and snacks on the sand; barrows filled with hot coals and loaded with chilli-rubbed corn-cobs; and bhel puri wallahs aplenty handing over little stainless-steel plates of layered potato, crispy sev noodle, tomato and onion, drenche