Gol gappay is liked by everyone especially it's a favorite of women. Served with sour spicy water, it wouldn't finish your
desire but you will ask for more. It's so famous that you would find Gol Gappay sellers at every second or third street in
Pakistan and India.
Gol Gappay - The Famous Asian Snack:
In addition to trying gol gappay recipe at home, here is some important read about 'golgappa' as an Asian snack.
Gol Gappa or Panipuri or Pani Ke bataashe is a delightful and highly popular street snack in Pakistan, India
and Bangladesh.
Gol Gappa Pic:
It's English name is "Crisp Sphere Eaten". It is a round hollow sphere filled with flavored sour water (usually
tamarind water/chutney) and several other ingredients like onions, chickpeas, potatoes and chili etc. It is made with a size
that could be easily fit wholly into eater's mouth, however at some vendors make it extra small or extra large to make it more
interesting for people to eat.
Golgappa in Pakistan and India:
Regular gol gappa is inserted whole piece into one's mouth while large size gol gappay are eaten with spoon. Streets of
several Asian cities are famous to feature the spicy Gol Gappay snacks. If you visit streets of Karachi, Lahore, Hyderabad,
Dhaka, Chittagong, Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai and Chandigarh, you would find lots of stalls selling the Panipuri or Gol Gappa mostly
in the evenings.
Different Names of Gol Gappay:
We follow gol gappay recipe very eagerly however it is interesting to know different names used to call this snack. Gol Gappa
refers to the crisp sphere which means Gol in Urdu which is put in mouth and eaten which means Gappa
in Urdu. The term 'Pani' refers to Water in English and 'Puri' refers to a
bread which is deep fried in oil. In Pakistan, Kashmir and North India, it is known as 'Gol Gappa' while it is known as
'Batasha' in Uttar Pradesh in India. In Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal and Bangladesh, it is known as Phuchka. In Odisha,
Hyderabad Deccan and South Jharkhand, it is called Gup Chup.
Similarly, gol gappay recipe has different names in other regions like
Pani Pataase recipe in Madhya Pradesh, Gup-Chup
recipe in Chhattisgarh and Pakodi recipe in Gujrat and Kutch.