Google Doodle commemorates India's exquisite street delicacy, pani puri - The search behemoth, Google, is honoring India's exquisite street delicacy, pani puri, with a captivating interactive game Doodle today. Engaging users in the game, Google enables them to assist a street vendor in fulfilling pani puri orders by selecting from a delightful array of pani puri flavors, ensuring a perfect match to meet each customer's preferences for flavor and quantity.
Back in 2015, a restaurant in Indore, Madhya Pradesh, etched its name in the Golden Book of World Records by serving an astounding 51 distinctive pani puri flavors to its esteemed patrons.
Google has introduced this fascinating pani puri game Doodle, describing pani puri as a "popular street food originating from South Asia, featuring a crispy shell brimming with delectable fillings like potatoes, chickpeas, spices, or chilis, complemented by tantalizing flavored waters."
Origins of Pani Puri and its regional variations: According to folklore, Pani Puri was originally conceived by Draupadi during the time of the Mahabharata. The legend narrates that when Draupadi became the wife of the Pandavas, the valiant warriors were leading an austere life in exile, facing scarcity of resources. Draupadi's mother-in-law, Kunti, advised her to utilize leftover aloo sabzi (potato curry) and wheat dough to create something that could satiate the hunger of all five men. The outcome of Draupadi's culinary innovation was the bite-sized pani puri, which successfully appeased the hunger of the Pandavas.
This popular street food boasts numerous regional variations and is referred to by different names across the expanse of the country. In Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh, Pani Puri is denoted as a "bite-sized street delight," typically immersed in a blend of boiled chickpeas, white pea mixture, and sprouts, accompanied by a zesty pani. Meanwhile, in the northern states of Punjab, Jammu and Kashmir, and New Delhi, gol gappa is synonymous with a petite street treat filled with potato and chipea, paired with jaljeera-flavored pani. Similarly, in West Bengal and certain parts of Bihar and Jharkhand, the street food is known as puchkas or fuchkas, with tamarind pulp taking center stage as the key ingredient.
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