Bhelpuri is a savoury snack originally from India, and is also a type of chaat. It is made of puffed rice, vegetables and a tangy tamarind sauce, and has a crunchy texture.
Puran poli is an Indian sweet flatbread that is popular in South India and the state of Maharashtra. It is also known as Puran puri, Holige, Obbattu, Bobbattlu, Poley, Bakshamulu, and Boli.
Maharashtrian or Marathicuisine is the cuisine of the Marathi people from the Indian state of Maharashtra. It has distinctive attributes, while sharing much with other Indian cuisines. Traditionally, Maharashtrians have considered their food to be more austere than others.
Gujarati cuisine is the cuisine of the Indian state of Gujarat. The typical Gujarati thali consists of rotli, dal or curry, rice, and shaak. The thali will also include preparations made from pulses or whole beans such as moong, black eyed beans etc., a snack item (farsaan) like dhokla, pathra, samosa, fafda, etc. and a sweet (mishthaan) like mohanthal, jalebi, sevaiya etc.
A bhaji/bajji is a type of fritter originating from the Indian subcontinent. It is made from spicy hot vegetables, commonly onion, and has several variants. It is a popular snack food in India and is also very popular in Pakistan. It can be found for sale in street-side stalls, especially in tapris and dhabas. It is also a common starter in Anglo-Indian cuisine across the United Kingdom.
Jhunka or Zunka is a gram flour porridge or a gram flour curry, similar to polenta. It is a traditional Indian dish prepared in Maharashtra, North Karnataka, and Goa. It is also known by the name of pithla or pithle. When served with bhakri, the dish is referred to as jhunka bhakar or pithla bhakri. Pithle is also known as chun in the Vidarbha region of Maharashtra.
Poha, also known as pohe, aval, pauwa, sira, chira, chivda, or avalakki or baji, among many other names, is flattened rice originating from the Indian subcontinent. Rice is parboiled before flattening so that it can be consumed with very little to no cooking. These flakes of rice swell when added to liquid, whether hot or cold, as they absorb water, milk or any other liquids. The thickness of the flakes varies from almost translucently thin to nearly four times thinner than a normal rice grain.
Fried plantain is a dish cooked wherever plantains grow, from West Africa to East Africa as well as Central America, the tropical region of northern South America and the Caribbean countries like Haiti to Cuba and in many parts of Southeast Asia and Oceania, where fried snacks are widely popular. In Indonesia it is called gorengan. It is called dodo in Yoruba in South West Nigeria, otherwise known as simply fried plantain in other parts of Nigeria. Kelewele is a fried spicy plantain or can be fried as a side dish for Red Red and fish stew in Ghana.
Pudachi Vadi, also known as Sambarvadi, is a deep-fried snack in the eastern parts of the Maharashtra state of India. The name refers to the fact that the snack is folded like a packet.
Sabudana vada, also called 'sabu vada', is a traditional deep-fried fritter from Maharashtra, India. It is made from tapioca pearls (sabudana), mashed potatoes, peanuts and spices. It is often served with a spicy green chutney along with hot chai and is best eaten fresh. In other parts of the country, Sabudana vada is the best option to have when fasting. It's usually eaten during religious festivals and during fast/vrat/upvaas, especially in Navratri vrats. Like all vadas, these are best eaten fresh. Sabudana vadas are crunchy and "melt in the mouth."
Gujhia, also known as Gughara, Pedakiya, Purukiya, Karanji, Kajjikayalu, Somas, and Karjikayi, is a sweet, deep-fried pastry that is a popular dessert in the Indian subcontinent. This delicacy is made using either suji (semolina) or maida, which is stuffed with a mixture of sweetened khoa and dried fruits. The dumpling is then fried in ghee to give it a crispy texture.
Farsan or Pharsāṇ refers to salty snacks originating from the Indian subcontinent. Farsans are a very important part of Marwari cuisine, Gujarati cuisine, Marathi cuisine and Sindhi cuisine, wherein a wide variety of them are prepared on special occasions and to entertain guests, and are also enjoyed with tea. Farsan is also found throughout the rest of India, particularly Maharashtra due to the influx of Gujarati and Rajasthani traders and migration of Sindhis in Mumbai.
Dabeli, kutchi dabeli or double roti, is a popular snack food of India, originating in the Gujarat region. It is a spicy yet sweet snack made by mixing boiled potatoes with a special dabeli masala, putting the mixture in a ladi pav, and serving it with chutneys made from tamarind, date, garlic, red chilies and other ingredients. It is garnished with pomegranate and roasted peanuts.
Khandvi, also known as Patuli, Dahivadi or Suralichi Vadi, is a savory snack in the Maharashtrian cuisine as well as in the Gujarati cuisine of India. It consists of yellowish, tightly rolled bite-sized pieces and is primarily made of gram flour and yogurt.
Sev puri is an Indian snack and a type of chaat. It is a speciality that originates from Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. In Pune and Mumbai, sev puri is strongly associated with street food, but is also served at upscale locations. Recently, supermarkets have started stocking ready-to-eat packets of sev puri and similar snacks like bhelpuri.
Varan bhaat is a vegan, Indian food preparation involving pigeon pea dal and rice as its main ingredients. It belongs to Marathi and Goan cuisine. Its other ingredients are turmeric powder, cumin seeds, asafoetida, jaggery and salt. According to Sanjeev Kapoor, it is a part of a Goan wedding meal. Naivedhya offered to Ganapati on Ganesh Chaturthi includes varan bhaat. It has been described as a favourite dish or comfort food by celebrities such as Priya Bapat, Yatin Karyekar, and the late Bhimsen Joshi. Shobha De describes herself as one who is "as Marathi as varan bhaat", thus considering it as a quintessentially Marathi food preparation. Varan bhaat has been described as "filling and non-spicy" and good to have during the Indian summers. According to Tarla Dalal, the Gujarati preparation "lachko dal" and rice combination is similar to varan bhaat. A CNN story includes it in the list of "40 Mumbai foods we can't live without", describing varan bhaat as "simple and humble... soul satisfying food of Mumbai city".
Shashank Ketkar is a Marathi television and theater actor predominantly working in the Marathi. He is best known for his role as Shree on the daily soap Honar Soon Mi Hya Gharchi.
Fafda is a popular Indian snack native to the western state of Gujarat. Often eaten during festivals, fafda is rectangular in shape and yellowish in color.
Chitale Bandhu is an Indian snacks enterprise which popularly runs in Maharashtra. It was formed by Shri. Raghunath Bhaskar Chitale (Bhausaheb) and Narsinha Bhaskar Chitale (Rajabhau) in 1950 as a subsidiary of the Chitale Group of Industries. Its first outlet was set up in Bajirao Road, Pune. Although its outlets are limited to major cities of Maharashtra, the products are distributed all across India. Over the years, Chitale Bandhu has been known for making namkeen and sweets. It is also known to export its namkeen to countries such as the United States, Singapore, and Israel. The brand menu consists of over sixty different kinds of sweets and forty different kinds of namkeen. The enterprise has an average turnover of around 2 billion rupees with around 2,000 to 2,500 customers shopping every day.
Medium Spicy is an Indian Marathi language film directed by Mohit Takalkar and produced by Vidhi Kasliwal under the banner of Landmarc Films, starring Lalit Prabhakar, Sai Tamhankar and Parna Pethe. Music by Saurabh Bhalerao, Hrishikesh Datar and Jasraj Joshi. It was theatrically released on 17 June 2022.
