Kolkata Street Style Jhal Muri (Spicy Puffed Rice)

Kolkata Street Style Jhal Muri (Spicy Puffed Rice) is a popular street food of Kolkata made using puffed rice, onions, tomatoes, and a few other ingredients. Raw mustard oil gives it a very unique flavor (vegan).

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About This Recipe

Kolkata Street Style Jhal Muri (Spicy Puffed Rice) is a popular street food of Kolkata made using puffed rice, onions, tomatoes, and a few other ingredients.

Jhal means ‘spicy’ in Bengali and puri means ‘puffed rice’.

Jhal muri (jhaal muri, masala muri, jhal mudi) is basically puffed rice flavored with spices. The addition of raw mustard oil gives it a very unique flavor and makes it very different from its other cousins like masala madakki, girmit, or churmuri.

If you have ever been to Kolkata, I am sure you would have come across this Bengali snack in every possible street, where you’ll find people flocking to the nearest cart to get their hands on a cone (thonga) full of this delicious snack.

It was sold by Bihari migrants on the street of Kolkata during World War II to the soldiers. British chef Angus Denoon has been selling it on the streets of London for almost a decade. He tasted this deliciousness on the streets of Kolkata and fell in love with this humble dish.

This chaat (Indian street food), unlike most other chaats, is not deep-fried, making it much more nutritious and a healthier choice. It’s low cal, light, and vegan and comes together in under 15 minutes.

If you make it at home, do serve it in the traditional thonga or paper cone that’s really simple to give a feel of the authentic Kolkata snack.

It’s also really light on the stomach and hence perfect as a tea-time snack or accompaniment with your chai. You could try this at a kid’s party or even for a get-together with friends.

One serving of Jhalmuri has approx 200 Kcal. Since it is not deep fried and contains mostly good ingredients it has very fewer calories per serving. 

Ingredients

You will get all the ingredients to make jhaalmuri at any Indian grocery store.

Puffed Rice (muri, marmara, pori, kurmura, murmura) is used to make Jhalmuri.

Sev Mix – You can use any sev mix available to you.

Coconut – The use of fresh coconut adds a nice flavor to this dish. You can either grate the fresh coconut or chop it into very small pieces.

Mustard Oil – This is a must ingredient to make Bengali Jhal Muri. It adds a pungent flavor to the dish, which makes it unique and so yummy.

Vegetables – To give a nice crunch to your jhalmuri recipe, add veggies like tomatoes, cucumber, onions, potatoes, green chilies, and cilantro (fresh coriander leaves).

Others – You will also need cumin powder, chaat masala powder, black salt (kala namak), Kashmiri red chilli powder, salt, and fresh lime juice (lemon juice).

You can also add roasted skinned peanuts, roasted Bengal gram, boiled yellow peas, sprouted chana, finely chopped raw mangoes, chana jor garam (chanachur), etc to your recipe.

Adjust the green chillies as per your taste.

How To Make Jhal Muri

Add 2 cups of puffed rice to a large bowl.

Tip – If the murmura is not perfectly crispy, make sure to dry roast it in a pan for 2-3 minutes on low flame. You can also microwave it for 60-90 seconds until it gets crisp.

Add

• 3 tablespoon sev mix
• ¼ cup finely chopped onions
• 2 tablespoon boiled, peeled, and finely cubed potatoes
• 1 teaspoon finely chopped green chilies
• 2 tablespoon finely chopped tomatoes
• 2 tablespoon finely chopped cucumbers, peeled or unpeeled
• 1 tablespoon grated fresh coconut
• 2 tablespoon finely chopped cilantro
• ½ teaspoon cumin powder
• ½ teaspoon black salt
• ½ teaspoon Kashmiri red chili powder
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 1 tablespoon lime juice
• 2 tablespoon raw cold-pressed mustard oil

Mix all the ingredients together and serve immediately.

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Serving Suggestions

You can serve it with your evening cup of Masala Chai or Filter Coffee for a delicious snack.

This healthy snack can be served in between your meals or whenever hunger strikes.

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