{{short description|Indian snack food}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}} {{Use Indian English|date=November 2025}} {{Infobox food | name = Sev puri | image = Sev puri with sweet curd.JPG | image_alt = Small balls of thin dough are topped with sev and coriander leaves. Chutney is in the filling. | image_size = | caption = | alternate_name = | place_of_origin = Mumbai or Pune, India | region = India | creator = | course = | type = Chaat | served = | main_ingredient = Small puri, sev, potatoes, chickpeas | variations = Dahi puri | similar_dish = {{hlist|Panipuri|bhelpuri}} | calories = | other = }}
'''Sev puri''' (also known as '''lala puri'''<ref name="Vijayakar" />{{efn|The term ''lala puri'', after cricketer Lala Amarnath, is used by the restaurant of the Cricket Club of India. There is no difference between lala puri and sev puri.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Mulani |first=Rhea |date=24 July 2022 |title=CCI, the home of chicken manchurian, has more stories in its kitchen |url=https://www.cntraveller.in/story/cci-club-the-home-of-chicken-manchurian-has-more-stories-in-its-kitchen-brabourne-stadium-churchgate/ |access-date=28 November 2025 |work=Condé Nast Traveller}}</ref>}}) is an Indian snack and a type of chaat, resembling panipuri. It consists of small, round puris or flat papris topped with a filling and garnished with sev. The filling varies; it may include potatoes and chickpeas. The dish originated in either Pune or Mumbai. '''Dahi puri''' is a variant of sev puri that uses dahi (yoghurt) as a topping. Both sev puri and dahi puri are popular dishes in the street food of India, especially in Mumbai.
==Preparation== [[File:Sev Puri.jpg|thumb|left|alt=Thin crisps of dough are topped with sev|Sev puri made with flat papris]] Sev puri is a chaat made from a small puri that is hollowed and filled, similar to panipuri.<ref name="Elsa">{{Cite news |last=Elsa |first=Evangeline |date=May 17, 2021 |title=Pani puri and chaat: Everything you need to know about the great Indian leveller |url=https://gulfnews.com/food/pani-puri-and-chaat-everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-great-indian-leveller-1.1613487889043 |access-date=28 November 2025 |work=Gulf News}}</ref> Flat papri may be used instead of round puri.<ref name="Dalal" /> It is loaded with a filling that may include diced or mashed potatoes, chickpeas, and tomatoes,<ref name="Elsa" /> although there is no fixed recipe.<ref name="Dalal">{{cite book|last=Dalal|first=Tarla|author-link=Tarla Dalal|title=Chaat Cookbook.|year=2000|publisher=Gardners Books|isbn=978-81-86469-62-0|pages=116|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GbGBPsahi28C}}</ref> The dish is then garnished with the signature ingredient, sev, which is thin, crunchy noodles.<ref name="Elsa" /> Many types of sev puri add other ingredients in the fillings, such as paneer.<ref>{{Cite news |last=<!--not stated--> |date=7 July 2023 |title=Mumbai Street Food Diaries: Paneer Sev Puri |url=https://recipes.timesofindia.com/videos/mumbai-street-food-diaries-paneer-sev-puri/videoshow/101546187.cms |access-date=28 November 2025 |work=Times Food}}</ref>
Sev puri is usually served without sauce.<ref name="Elsa" /> It uses similar ingredients to bhelpuri but does not contain puffed rice, instead being served on top of puris.<ref name="Vijayakar" />
thumb|alt=Small balls of thin dough are cracked open for a filling and topped with yoghurt.|Dahi puri Dahi puri (also called ''dahi sev puri'' or ''dahi batata puri'') is a variant of sev puri whose filling is topped with dahi (yoghurt) and chaat masala.<ref name="Medora" /> Dahi puri may be made with the mini puri shells which are also used for panipuri,<ref name="Bladholm">{{Cite book |last=Bladholm |first=Linda |title=The Indian Grocery Store Demystified |date=12 August 2000 |publisher=Macmillan Publishers |url=https://archive.org/details/indiangrocerysto00blad/page/58/mode/2up?q=bhature |url-access=registration |page=167 |via=Internet Archive |isbn=1580631436}}</ref> or with small, flat puris.<ref name="Trefler">{{Cite book |last=Trefler |first=Caroline |title=Essential India |publisher=Fodor's Travel Publications |year=2011 |isbn=9781400005291 |location=New York |url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9781400005291/page/346 |url-access=registration |page=346 |via=Internet Archive}}</ref> The filling of dahi puri is based on bhelpuri<ref name="Medora" /> and is similar to that of panipuri.<ref name="Bladholm" /> It is stuffed with potatoes or chickpeas and is garnished with sev, moong dal, and coriander leaves. Some popular chutneys used with dahi puri include coriander leaf, tamarind, and date.<ref name="Trefler" /><ref>{{Cite web|last=Shilcutt|first=Katharine|date=2013-03-19|title=Here, Eat This: A Beginner's Guide to Indian Cuisine|url=https://www.houstonpress.com/restaurants/here-eat-this-a-beginners-guide-to-indian-cuisine-6409314|access-date=2020-08-11|website=Houston Press}}</ref> Sour dahi is used to complement sweet and spicy flavours of the chutneys.<ref name="Medora">{{Cite news |last=Medora |first=Sabrina |date=1 April 2019 |title=How Snacks From Mumbai’s Streets Come to Life in Columbia Heights |url=https://dc.eater.com/2019/4/1/18285724/bombay-street-food-photos-dishes-columbia-heights |access-date=28 November 2025 |work=Eater}}</ref>
==History and consumption== <!--[[File:Sev Puri 01.jpg|thumb|upright=0.7|Sev puri is commonly served as a street food.]]--> According to food writer Kunal Vijaykar, sev puri was invented in Mumbai by North Indian migrants, as a form of North Indian chaat,<ref>{{Cite news |last=Vijayakar |first=Kunal |author-link=Kunal Vijaykar |date=27 November 2022 |title=What the Fork: What Makes the Bombay Sandwich a Truly Mumbai Dish, Writes Kunal Vijayakar |url=https://www.news18.com/news/lifestyle/what-the-fork-what-makes-the-bombay-sandwich-a-truly-mumbai-dish-writes-kunal-vijayakar-6480733.html |access-date=28 November 2025 |work=News18}}</ref> and its ingredients are rooted in the farsan snacks of Gujarati cuisine.<ref name="Vijayakar">{{Cite news |last=Vijayakar |first=Kunal |author-link=Kunal Vijaykar |date=23 June 2018 |title=Maska Maarke: An ode to the bhel puri walla bhaiyya |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/mumbai-news/maska-maarke-an-ode-to-the-bhel-puri-walla-bhaiyya/story-yl7seR9GO3419GFCyfriiP.html |access-date=28 November 2025 |work=Hindustan Times}}</ref> It may have been invented by Gujarati migrants in the city.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kishore |first=Moushmi |date=2 June 2016 |title=Snack time |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/Food/snack-time/article5100496.ece |access-date=10 December 2025 |work=The Hindu}}</ref> However, according to Vinay MR Mishra of the ''Hindustan Times'', sev puri and dahi puri both originated in the city of Pune.<ref name="Mishra" />
Sev puri and dahi puri are popular street foods across India; dahi puri is available in every major city.<ref name="Mishra">{{Cite news |last=Mishra |first=Vinay MR |date=30 May 2022 |title=Pune’s got creativity! From badminton to Sev Puri...ideas that were born in the city |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/lifestyle/art-culture/punes-got-creativity-from-badminton-to-sev-puri-ideas-that-were-born-in-the-city-101653906898114.html |access-date=28 November 2025 |work=Hindustan Times}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Remedios|first=Trina|title=Street food: Fast, yummy, healthy?|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/health-fitness/diet/Street-food-Fast-yummy-healthy/articleshow/12159425.cms|access-date=19 March 2012|newspaper=Times of India|date=6 March 2012}}</ref> Supermarkets also stock ready-to-eat packets of sev puri and similar snacks like bhelpuri.<ref>{{cite news|title=Mumbai: A gastronomic's paradise!|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-07-27/food-reviews/28197690_1_world-cuisine-restaurants-thai-pavilion|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130615130100/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-07-27/food-reviews/28197690_1_world-cuisine-restaurants-thai-pavilion|url-status=dead|archive-date=15 June 2013|access-date=19 March 2012|newspaper=The Times of India|date=27 July 2009}}</ref> Sev puri and dahi puri are popular in the street food of Mumbai,<ref name="Dalal" /><ref name="Trefler" /> available across the city.<ref name="Vijayakar" /> Sev puri is famously sold by street vendors at the city's Juhu Beach.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Sood |first=Akhil |date=1 June 2019 |title=Golgappa, pani puri, phuchka: the little world of chaat |url=https://www.thehindu.com/life-and-style/food/golgappa-pani-puri-phuchka-the-little-world-of-chaat/article27374154.ece |access-date=28 November 2025 |work=The Hindu}}</ref>
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