Definition of pani puri in English:
pani puri
plural noun ˈpɑːnɪ ˌpuːriˌpänē ˈpo͝orē
(in Indian cooking) fried puff-pastry balls filled with spiced mashed potato, spiced water, and tamarind juice.
Example sentencesExamples
- Confusion and chaos that has its own flavour; odours and buzz of noise that never seems to stop and the best of kebabs and pani puris that you can eat, standing on the already-crowded footpath.
- Tiny, fragile domes of lentil-wafer come with a hole on top; once you ladle in a thin, spicy broth, they become the treat known as pani puri.
- Ambala offers seven types of tangy water with pani puri and Gujarat has its sweet-salty dabeli.
- Sizzling rolls, spicy mirchi bajjis, stir-fried chowmein, crispy vadas or mouth-watering pani puris, the menu is as full as the main course.
- Sale of masala groundnuts and pani puri flourish during weekends.
Origin
From Hindi pānī 'water' and pūrī from Sanskrit pūrikā 'small, fried wheaten cake'.