Jhal muri is a popular street food that is very popular in west bengal, orissa and Bangladesh. Though it originated in the region of Bengal it is enjoyed across India. Jhal means spicy and muri is puffed rice. Jhal muri is a spicy puffed rice snack that is loved by everyone.
Puffed rice is known by different names in India. Muri, murmura, maramara, pori and kurmura are some of the names. It is a grain that is made by puffing rice. It is mostly used to make snack foods.
It just takes 15 minutes to prepare jhal muri. Puffed rice, roasted peanuts, chanachur, boiled potatoes, chopped tomatoes, onions, coriander and a few other basic ingredients are used to make this. Various spice powders are used to flavor it.
It is best to serve jhal muri immediately after making otherwise the puffed rice turns soft. We usually serve with crispy Onion pakoda or Mirchi bajji.
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Jhal muri recipe
Jhal muri recipe | Spicy puffed rice snack
Jhal muri is a quick to make spicy and hot street food snack. It is made with puffed rice grains, chopped tomatoes, onions and a few basic ingredients.
Ingredients (240 ml cup used)
- 2½ cups puffed rice (muri, murmura, pori)
- 1 large potato boiled (about ½ cup)
- 1 small onion (about 1/3 cup chopped finely)
- 1 medium tomato (about 1/3 cup chopped finely)
- ¼ cup cucumber (chopped finely)
- 2 green chilies chopped
- 3 tbsp coriander leaves (chopped finely)
- ¼ tsp salt (or black salt, use as needed)
- ½ tsp red chilli powder (use as needed)
- 1 tsp roasted cumin powder (or jeera powder)
- ¾ tsp chaat masala (or muri masala or amchur)
- ¼ cup roasted peanuts skinned
- ¼ cup Chanachur or sev or farsan (refer notes)
- lemon juice (as needed)
- 1 tbsp mustard oil (or oil from pickle)
How to make the recipe
Preparation for jhal muri
To make jhal muri, we need crisp puffed rice. If they are not crisp then you can dry roast them in a pan for few minutes. Set them aside.
Boil potato until just cooked. Cube them and set aside.
Dry roast peanuts and remove the skin. Set these aside.
Chop tomatoes, onions, green chilies and coriander leaves
How to make jhal muri
To a mixing bowl add tomatoes, cucumber, onions, potatoes, coriander leaves and green chilies.
Add salt,red chili powder, cumin powder and chaat masala.
Squeeze the lemon. Give them a good stir.
Add peanuts and puffed rice.
Toss them all. You can add some more puffed rice if the mixture is moist. Then add chanachur or sev.
Serve jhal muri immediately.
Recipe Notes
Chanachur is a bengali style farsan or mixture. Use any crunchies you have in hand.
Muri masala is a spice powder used to make jhal muri. It usually consists of coriander, amchur, cumin, rock salt, pepper etc. If you don't have just replace with cumin powder and chaat masala
How to make jhal muri
1. Wash and chop onions, tomatoes, cucumber and green chilies as well. If you have kids at home, skip green chilies.
2. Chop the boiled potato to small cubes. I cubed the potato first. Then boiled in a pan with some water. The potatoes must be cooked but firm. Do not make them mushy.
3. Also add in chili powder, salt, red chilli powder and muri masala. If you do not have muri masala, then add roasted cumin powder and chaat masala.
4. Next squeeze in lemon juice as needed.
5. Add mustard oil. I used mustard oil from pickle. Earlier I had eaten jhal muri made using oil from pickle and just loved it. So I used the same here.
6. Chop coriander leaves and transfer them here. Make sure the coriander leaves are not too moist. Otherwise jhal muri may turn soggy very quickly.
7. Give all these a good mix. Taste it and add spice powders if you prefer more.
8. Add roasted and skinned peanuts.
9. Pour crisp puffed rice as well. Make sure they are crisp otherwise muri will turn chewy. You can roast them for few minutes to crisp them before adding here.
10. Mix up well. You can add in more puffed rice if it turns moist.
11. Finally add in chananchur or sev.
Serve jhal muri immediately.
Sandhya says
Thank you..
Sandhya says
Hi Swasthi,
Could I use any other oil instead of mustard oil?
swasthi says
Hi Sandhya
You can just skip the oil. To get a slight pickle flavor, if you have any pickle, just pour 1 tbsp from it.
Ram says
Jhal Muri has always been my favorite snack when I crave for some tangy taste. Try to exclude and include like below
Exclude
Tomatoes and Cucumber. For when it comes in contact with Salt the Muri might get moist
Sev
Red Chilli Powder
Include
Kaala Namak
Some farsan mixture or any other that is less pungent
Great recipes. Right at this moment as you read, I smell awesome Biryani cooking and the Biryani Masala is yours. Great Recipe !!
swasthi says
Thank you so much. Yes will try this out.
Jyothi says
Loved this so good and an instant hit for students like me. Thanks for the recipes
swasthi says
Welcome Jyothi
🙂
Sada says
I made them with my friends for the evening snack. It was so good. Thanks to you
swasthi says
You are welcome Sada