About Pani Puri
Pani puri is a small, crisp hollow puri filled with potato or chickpeas and dipped into spiced, tangy water. You eat each one in a single bite, and the stall owner keeps filling them until you say stop.
Regional versions
It goes by many names: golgappa in Delhi and the north, puchka in Kolkata, where the water is sharper and the filling is mashed potato, and pani puri in Mumbai and Gujarat, where a sweet date chutney often goes in too.
What to order with it
Ask for a sweet or extra spicy pani. Finish with a dry sukha puri, a puri with masala and lemon, or move on to bhel puri or dahi puri.
On the menu: 19 places
Albert-Eden
Henderson-Massey
Hibiscus and Bays
Howick
Papakura
Puketāpapa
Waitemata
Whau
Ōtara-Papatoetoe
Usually served: 14 more
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