Google Doodle: Google is celebrating the popular South Asian street food Pani Puri with a doodle today. Pani Puri is a crispy shell filled with potatoes, chickpeas, spices or chillies and flavored water. In the interactive doodle game, Google allows users to help a street vendor fulfill pani puri orders by helping them choose between different flavors of pani puri to match each customer’s taste and quantity preferences.
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Why is Google celebrating Pani Puri on July 12?
Google often doodles to mark special occasions. Going back in time, on this day in 2015, a restaurant in Indore, Madhya Pradesh, broke the world record for serving the most flavors of pani puri by offering 51 options, under the guidance of Masterchef Neha Shah. So, Google decided to celebrate the spicy issue with a colorful doodle.
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What is the journey of Pani Puri from the Ancient Age to the Modern Plate?
Pani Puri, also known as Golgappa, Puchka or Fulki in different regions of India, is a popular street food snack that has a long and diverse history. While it is difficult to determine the exact origins of Pani Puri, it is believed to have originated in the Indian subcontinent, particularly the northern regions of India.
According to the folklore of the epic Mahabharata, Draupadi was assigned the task of feeding her five husbands with limited resources. She only had a small amount of wheat dough and potatoes, other vegetables and water. Making the most of all the ingredients available, she served puris filled with mashed potatoes and vegetables along with flavored water. This incredible recipe demonstrated her skills as a homemaker.
On the other hand, the origins of Pani Puri date back to the ancient city of Magadh, in present-day Bihar, India, where it was known as ‘phulki’. It was mainly an elaborate snack for rich and aristocratic families. Over time, it gained popularity and spread to other parts of the country, with each region adding its unique touch to the dish.
Some say that in the 12th century, during the reign of Mahmud of Ghazni, the dish reached the Indian subcontinent via Afghanistan and Persia. It was known as “phuchhka” in Bengal and “gup chup” in Odisha. In these regions, the puris were smaller and crisper than those found in other parts of India.
Later in the 19th century, Pani Puri gained popularity on the streets of North India, particularly in Delhi and Uttar Pradesh. It quickly became a favorite street food snack due to its delicious taste, affordability and convenience. Vendors set up small stalls or carts with a variety of ingredients, attracting customers with the sound of crunchy puris being crushed and filled with delicious filling.
And soon, Pani Puri became an integral part of Indian street food culture, loved by millions of people around the world. The symbol of Indian cuisine continues to evolve and adapt to different tastes and preferences.
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state |
Name |
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Uttar Pradesh |
Paani Ke Batashe/Phulki/ Patashi/Padaka |
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Bihar/Jharkhand |
Gupchup |
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Odisha |
Puchka/Fuchka |
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Bengal |
fuchka |
|
deputy |
Phulki/Pakodi/Pani Puri/Tikki |
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Delhi |
Goal Gappe |
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Punjab |
Goal Gappe |
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Maharastra |
Pani Puri/Padaka |
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gujarat |
Pakodi/Pani Puri |
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Jammu and Kashmir |
Goal Gappe |
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Rajasthan |
Patashi |
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Telangana |
Gup Chup |
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Hyderabad |
Gup Chup |
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Chattisgarh |
Gup Chup |
Google says: “While there are many different types of stuffing and pani for everyone’s unique palate, there are two things everyone can agree on: Eat the pani puri quickly to avoid it getting soggy or dripping and always eat it from a morsel to avoid a crumbling disaster.”
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