Jhalmuri, or Jhaal Muri, is a popular street food with puffed rice as the star ingredient. It is a delicious dish from Bengal, specifically the Kalkota cuisine, where Muri is Puffed Rice. This simple snack is similar to sukhi bhel, which we get in Mumbai, but it is different.
I love street food, and chaat items are my favourites, so I make them often. The basics like sev batata puri, bhel puri, and pani poori are family favourites.
My daughter's favourite is ragda patties; the others are samosa chaat. I store the tamarind chutney, dates chutney, and green chutney in the fridge, but the recipes have not made it to the blog.
Since I like to explore flavours, I love to make Barley bhelpuri, Sprouts BhelPuri, which we love. The water from the cooked barley can be used to make this lemon barley water, which is cooling and Perfect for this hot, sweltering summer.
If you want an easy way to store the murmura or puffed rice, you can try my Masala Murmura gets done in 10 minutes.
Protips for Jhal Muri Recipe
- Use fresh, crisp Murmura for making Jhal Muri. If they are not crisp, I suggest dry-roasting the Puffed rice or Murmura. You can also microwave the Puffed rice for 60-90 seconds.
- Keep all the ingredients chopped and ready.
- You need to serve the immediately after it has been prepared.
Equipment
- 1 Bowls
- Knife and board
- 4 Bowls to serve
Ingredients
- 2 cups Puffed rice muri
- 1 onion chopped fine
- ¼ cup Cucumber diced
- 2 tablespoon Green Raw Mango finely chopped
- 2 tomato chopped fine
- ½ cup jhal chanachur i used spicy namkeen/ sev
- 1 tablespoon Coconut finely chopped( I did not add)
- 1 tablespoon pickle oil spicy
- 2 tablespoon Peanuts
- 2 tablespoon dalia roasted Chana dal
- 2-3 Green chilli diced
- 2 teaspoon Lemon juice
- ½ teaspoon red chilli powder
- 1 teaspoon chat masala
- Salt to taste
Instructions
- If you are using mustard oil, heat it in a pan to a smoking point, then switch off the burner. Let it cool. Skip this process if you plan to make it with pickle oil.
- Mix 2 cups Puffed rice, 1 onion, ¼ cup Cucumber, 2 tablespoon Green Raw Mango, 2 tomato, ½ cup jhal chanachur , 2 tablespoon Peanuts, 2 tablespoon dalia, 2-3 Green chilli1 tablespoon Coconut (if using) into a big bowl.
- Mix well, add 2 teaspoon Lemon juice, ½ teaspoon red chilli powder, 1 teaspoon chat masala and drizzle some 1 tablespoon pickle oil or mustard oil.
- Mix well with a wooden spatula and serve immediately in paper cones.
Notes
- Tastes best when the puffed rice is fresh and crisp. So it also means serve immediately.
- Do not substitute the Mustard oil /pickle oil.
- It can also be made with boiled potatoes, sprouted black chana, and diced tomatoes, so you can add or skip any of these, depending on your taste.
Hamaree Rasoi says
I was mad about Bomkesh Bakshi 😛 His intelligence and good looks was too much for me 😛
This is Westbengal's most famous and easy on pocket snacks..Loved by all age group.
Thank you very much for the mention Archana.
Priya Suresh says
Wat a food, this is something i can munch without any hesitation.Sad i dont have puffed rice now, dont tempt me like this Archana.
Varadas Kitchen says
That is a lip-smacking snack tangy and spicy at the same time. It appears to be very similar to dry bhel.
I have enjoyed reading your posts through this month long journey. You did great especially with the problems to your site.
Harini-Jaya R says
Awesome snack. I can eat this with any of the optional ingredients or just the basic one! Lovely one
Nivedhanams Sowmya says
delicious snack.. I made this for Jharkhand
Pavani N says
Byomkesh Bakshi was my favorite too. I probably had a slight crush on him too 🙂
Jhal mori looks addictive and delicious.
It was fun running this marathon with you Archana -- enjoyed all your posts and the lovely dishes.
Jayanthi Padmanabhan says
is this from Bengal? its so yummy and light.. i can keep eating bucket loads of it.. great choice.
Nalini's Kitchen says
This is one such healthy and guilt free snack to munch..Enjoyed reading your posts in mega marathon,it was a fun filled journey and glad to be a part of it with you..
Ms.Chitchat says
Healthy time pass snack, nice tempting click.
Manjula Bharath says
wow wow arachana you have tempted me badly now pass me a cone of jhal muri , sad thats i cudn't grab them from my screen .. OH even I was a die heart fan of the series " Bomkesh bakshi" Just loved the way he solved each case 🙂
Usha says
This is one of my favorite snacks. My version doesn't have this many ingredients. Lately this my lunch at least once or twice a week. Jhaal Miri is very tempting and can have it anytime of the day. Right now in the gym and drooling at our pics.. 🙂
vaishali sabnani says
Jhal Muri...it's a street food that takes me to college days..I literally had it thrice a week...nothing to beat the typical zing you get from mustard oil...super..beautiful dishes throughout the marathon:))
Sapana Behl says
Jhal muri is one delicious snack that i love most. yours looks tempting...