{"id":7943,"date":"2019-02-26T18:21:46","date_gmt":"2019-02-26T23:21:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/?p=7943"},"modified":"2019-02-26T18:21:46","modified_gmt":"2019-02-26T23:21:46","slug":"chat-juice-express","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/?p=7943","title":{"rendered":"Chat & Juice Express"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\u201cLive Pani Puri!\u201d proclaimed the signs along Jersey City\u2019s Newark Avenue. A common Indian street food, pani puri consists of a crispy spherical shell filled with potatoes or chickpeas, doused with chutney (usually tamarind) and chat masala (a spice blend) and sprinkled with sev (crunchy chickpea noodles); its yogurt-laden counterpart is dahi puri. Each purveyor\u2019s recipe is unique, and therein lies the fun of taste-testing a series of them. Pop one into your mouth whole, no biting please. But \u201clive\u201d? Perhaps in a nod to authentic street vendors back home, Jersey City\u2019s method of production is replicated at a station within the confines of a restaurant where your pani puri, sweet or spicy, is produced \u00e0 la minute.<\/p>\n

[1] Around the corner at 2978 JFK Blvd, Narendra Patel and his wife Hetel own Chat & Juice Express, a small shop dedicated to Gujarati street snacks. (BTW, you might see the word spelled chaat elsewhere.) Here\u2019s their version of dahi puri adorned with jewel-like pomegranate seeds.<\/p>\n

[2] This is Dabeli, a peanutty Gujarati specialty that features mashed potatoes and Narendra\u2019s own special masala blend. Definitely worth a stop along a pani puri crawl!
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