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Where to eat Pani Puri in Leicester

Crisp hollow puris filled with tangy spiced water. Also called golgappa or puchka. We found Pani Puri on 4 Leicester menus, and 16 more places usually serve it.

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A typical Pani Puri. Each restaurant makes its own version.

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: 4 places

Leicester

Usually served: 16 more

We have not seen these menus yet, but places like these normally make Pani Puri. Call to check.

Dish photo: Veg Biryani♡ SaveBombay Bites41a, Leicester, UKRestaurantMumbai and street foodHours not confirmedDish photo: Chole Bhature♡ SaveBombay bites194 Evington Rd, Leicester, UKRestaurantMumbai and street foodHours not confirmedDish photo: Chole Bhature♡ SaveMumbai Inn1 De Montfort Street, Leicester, UKRestaurantMumbai and street foodHours not confirmedDish photo: Aloo Tikki♡ SaveMowgli Street Food10 St Martin's Square, Leicester, UKChaat and street foodMumbai and street foodHours not confirmedDish photo: Pani Puri♡ SaveDharma's Bombay Biryani53 BRAUNSTONE GATE, LEICESTER, UKRestaurantBiryani and HyderabadiMumbai and street foodHours not confirmedDish photo: Vada Pav♡ SaveBombay Bites Granby Street88 Granby Street, Leicester, UKRestaurantMumbai and street foodHours not confirmedDish photo: Veg Biryani♡ SaveBombay Lounge28 Charles Street, Bath, UKRestaurantMumbai and street foodHours not confirmedDish photo: Vada Pav♡ SaveMumbai Chopatti18 Rutland Street, Leicester, UKRestaurantMumbai and street foodHours not confirmedDish photo: Chole Bhature♡ Save4 Seasons Chaat House108 BELGRAVE ROAD, LEICESTER, UKChaat and street foodMumbai and street foodHours not confirmedDish photo: Pav Bhaji♡ SaveDamao Jetty - Indian Street Food & Desi Breakfast (belgrave Road)48-50 BELGRAVE ROAD, LEICESTER, UKChaat and street foodMumbai and street foodHours not confirmedDish photo: Veg Biryani♡ SaveBombay Street KitchenFLAT, 29 MELTON ROAD, LEICESTER, UKRestaurantMumbai and street foodHours not confirmedDish photo: Aloo Tikki♡ SaveDamao Jetty - Indian Street Food & Desi Breakfast (Greenlane Road)39A Green Ln Rd, Leicester, UKChaat and street foodMumbai and street foodHours not confirmedDish photo: Chicken Biryani♡ SaveIndian Spice & Grill - 112 Leire Street112 Leire St, Leicester, UKRestaurantMumbai and street foodHours not confirmedDish photo: Pani Puri♡ SaveSisters Indian Street Food16 Saltcoates Ave, Leicester, UKChaat and street foodMumbai and street foodHours not confirmedDish photo: Vada Pav♡ SaveJamavat - Gujarati Street Food66 CANON STREET, LEICESTER, UKChaat and street foodMumbai and street foodHours not confirmedDish photo: Chole Bhature♡ SaveBombay Street food Leicester8a Abbotsford Rd, Leicester, UKChaat and street foodMumbai and street foodHours not confirmed

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How this list is made

We started from public records, OpenStreetMap and Overture Maps, searched town by town for places those records miss, and read each restaurant's menu from its website or online ordering page. Places whose opening hours we could not confirm recently say so, and we check them again every month. Dishes marked "on the menu" come from the restaurant's own website or ordering page. "Usually served" is our best guess from the style of the place, so call ahead if you have your heart set on it.

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