gappa

Gol gappa is my personal favourite among all chaat items.

Chaat I -- Gol Gappa 2005

Gol gappa is my personal favourite among all chaat items.

Archive 2005-11-01 2005

Popularly known as pani-puri or gol-gappa, this snack comprises puffed bread balls filled with tamarind paste, potato or lentils, and spices mixed in water.

Street Food in India 2010

Here is a street food that is wildly popular all over India although it might be called by different names; gol-gappa in Northen India, puchka in Bengal, and pani-puri in Maharashtra.

Archive 2006-01-01 Nupur 2006

The balls are hollow inside, and that is how the magic of gol gappa happens.

Chaat I -- Gol Gappa 2005

I have got down from a public bus at an unknown stop simply because I spotted a gol gappa vendor, I have made numerous detours while returning home from work, just to go to a snack shop where they sold gol gappas, I have teamed up with an equally chaat-crazy colleague to go and snack on these ping-pong (the size of a gol gappa ball) delights on far too many evenings than was warranted.

Archive 2005-11-01 2005

When you go to the chaat vendor and ask for a plate of gol gappa, he would typically serve you around 6-8 of the flour balls.

Chaat I -- Gol Gappa 2005

The balls are hollow inside, and that is how the magic of gol gappa happens.

Archive 2005-11-01 2005

The tangy sweet-sour combination along with the crispiness of the ball or gappa itself ... smirking joy, bursting inside the food pipe.

Chaat I -- Gol Gappa 2005

I have got down from a public bus at an unknown stop simply because I spotted a gol gappa vendor, I have made numerous detours while returning home from work, just to go to a snack shop where they sold gol gappas, I have teamed up with an equally chaat-crazy colleague to go and snack on these ping-pong (the size of a gol gappa ball) delights on far too many evenings than was warranted.

Chaat I -- Gol Gappa 2005