pani puri
/ˈpɑːnɪ ˌpuːri
/plural noun
(In Indian cooking) fried puff-pastry balls filled with spiced mashed potato, spiced water, and tamarind juice.Ambala offers seven types of tangy water with pani puri and Gujarat has its sweet-salty dabeli....
- 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.
- Sale of masala groundnuts and pani puri flourish during weekends.
Origin
From Hindi pānī 'water' and pūrī from Sanskrit pūrikā 'small, fried wheaten cake'.