A zero oil, diabetic friendly dry bhel recipe prepared with barley puffs. This Sukha Bhel with veggies and dry green chutney is perfect for the mid-day meal fixes.
I am sharing a healthy vegan and zero oil chaat recipe for the last day of this Cooking Carnival Blogging Marathon. It’s the sukha bhel recipe with barley puffs. Sukha means dry and basically this is a dry bhel recipe which is an easy grab and go chaat and perfect for mid-day hunger pangs. This recipe calls for a dry bhel chutney that can be prepared well ahead and stocked up. Once we have the dry chutney ready, this bhel can be assembled in no time.
When I saw, barley puffs in the local Indian grocery store; I was super elated and grabbed it right away. I have heard Whole Foods sell millet puffs but I have never seen them in the nearby store. So when I saw barley puffs, my joy knew no bounds. With barley puffs, you can prepare a lot of recipes.
Why with Barley Puffs
I wanted to post something with barley puffs here in my space too, so the first thing that came in my mind was sukha bhel. I love sukha bhel recipe and I prepare it with rice puffs. So I adapted the green chutney recipe from Tarla Dalal. But the recipe got evolved in the due course and now my dry green chutney recipe measurements are completely different. I modified it as per our taste and go with 1:1 ratio of cilantro and mint.
I explored and learnt a lot about chaat recipes and now that I have posted all the traditional ones, I can bring in fusion and healthy alternatives. (Stay tuned for the baked chaats and other alternatives this winter) So starting with this sukha bhel with barley puffs…
Sukha Bhel with Barley Puffs Recipe
Ingredients:
For Dry/Sukha Green Chutney:
- Tightly packed Cilantro – ¼ cup
- Tightly packed Mint – ¼ cup
- Green Chilly – 1
- Roasted Gram Dal / Pottukadalai / Daliya – 1 tbsp
- Hing – ¼ tsp
Other Ingredients:
- Puffed Barley – 3 cups
- Roasted Gram Dal / Pottukadalai / Daliya – 2 tbsps
- Roasted Peanuts – 3 tbsps
- Turmeric Powder – ¼ tsp
- Chaat Masala – ¼ tsp
- Cumin Powder – ¼ tsp
- Chopped Onion – ¼ cup
- Chopped Cucumber – ¼ cup
- Salt – 1 tsp
- Chopped Cilantro – 2 tbsps
- Lemon Juice – 1 tbsp
Prep-Work:
- Sun dry the puffed barley for about 1 hour if its not crisp
- Chop the cilantro, mint, cucumber and onion.
- If you don’t have roasted gram dal, dry roast them and set aside.
- Grind the ingredients given under sukha green chutney without adding any water.
Steps:
- Heat the kadai and dry roast the bhel in low heat for 3 to 4 minutes.
- Make sure you keep stirring them.
- Now turn the heat off and let it cool down for 5 minutes.
- Then add all the masalas, chopped onion, cucumber, cilantro, roasted peanuts, gram dal, turmeric powder and salt too.
- Mix them well and make the dry green chutney is mixed thoroughly.
- Check for salt and adjust accordingly.
- Just before serving, add the lemon juice and enjoy.
That’s it. Healthy and yummy sukha bhel is ready.
Notes:
- As I had roasted cumin powder I didn’t roast it along with the barley puffs.
- You can add the masala along with barley puffs and dry roast them.
- Adjust the salt and spices as per your preference.
📖 Recipe
Sukha Bhel with Barley Puffs | Zero Oil Recipe
Ingredients
For Dry/Sukha Green Chutney
- ¼ cup Tightly packed Cilantro
- ¼ cup Tightly packed Mint
- 1 Green Chilly
- 1 tbsp Roasted Gram Dal / Pottukadalai / Daliya
- ¼ tsp Hing
Other Ingredients
- 3 cups Puffed Barley
- 2 tbsps Roasted Gram Dal / Pottukadalai / Daliya
- 3 tbsps Roasted Peanuts
- ¼ tsp Turmeric Powder
- ¼ tsp Chaat Masala
- ¼ tsp Cumin Powder
- ¼ cup Chopped Onion
- ¼ cup Chopped Cucumber
- 1 tsp Salt
- 2 tbsps Chopped Cilantro
- 1 tbsp Lemon Juice
Instructions
Prep-Work
- Sun dry the puffed barley for about 1 hours if its not crisp
- Chop the cilantro, mint, cucumber and onion.
- If you don’t have roasted gram dal, dry roast them and set aside.
- Grind the ingredients given under sukha green chutney without adding any water.
Steps
- Heat the kadai and dry roast the bhel in low heat for 3 to 4 minutes.
- Make sure you keep stirring them.
- Now turn the heat off and let it cool down for 5 minutes.
- Then add all the masalas, chopped onion, cucumber, cilantro, roasted peanuts, gram dal, turmeric powder and salt too.
- Mix them well and make the dry green chutney is mixed thoroughly.
- Check for salt and adjust accordingly.
- Just before serving, add the lemon juice and enjoy.
- That’s it. Healthy and yummy sukha bhel is ready.
Notes
- As I had roasted cumin powder I didn’t roast it along with the barley puffs.
- You can add the masala along with barley puffs and dry roast them.
- Adjust the salt and spices as per your preference.
Nutrition
I am not a nutritionist. The nutritional information is provided as a courtesy and is an estimate only. It varies depending upon the product types or brands.
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- Bombay Sandwich
- Flavored cheese dosai
The bhel with puffed barley looks amazing. Healthy too.
Yup. Thanks Sapana.
Wow this is delicious. Love the series.
Thanks you. Same here.
super pictures and loved all your pics virtually this series
Thanks a lot :-)
What a fantastic way to close the series!..very nice idea to make it dry..I so enjoyed your feast!
Thanks a lot. :-)
Love the sukhi bhel and I just love the use of barley puff. I should look for it in my next Indian store trip.
Please do try them.. Thanks
I really need to get myself these barley puffs! The bhel looks so delicious :)
I for some reason am not able to follow your blog Vidhya… I love all your recipes, I need to be more regular here :-)
Thanks DD.. (The other we already discussed.. ;-) )
That’s a lovely twist to the traditional Bhel.
:-)Thanks much.
Wow what a healthy snack to finish the marathon with Vidhya. Will have to look for these barley puffs now.
Its the shastha brand Pavani. I got it from the Indian stores.
priya @asmallbite
Absolutely healthy and never heard of barley puffs,yummy.
Thanks a lot pa
Awesome collection of recipes in your blog…..the snacks are amazing…..looks very crispy and delicious. Check http://rarelicious.wordpress.com for millet and other healthy snacks…thanks!
Thanks a lot and welcome here. Sure will hop over :-)
Those puffs grabbed my attention. I have to look out for these! Loved it!
Thanks a lot Harini.
That’s a great spin off over the traditional bhel. I have seen the jowar puffs but haven’t seen the barley ones yet at my local store. Really a good snack to munch on.
I am waiting to get my hands of jowar puffs and millets puffs.. Thanks.
Wat a fabulous bhel, am sure this is definitely my kind of chaat food, loving it Vidhya.
Thanks Priya..
I must say you have tempted me through out the month..which is not fair :)..LOL..The street food has always been a favorite and you have served absolutely delicious, tempting one to us.
the puffed barley looks cute, let me check out if I can get it here, the bhel looks tempting.
Thanks a lot Vaishali. Street foods are my favorite too and my weakness also.
Mouth watering
:-) Thanks
I need to look out for barley puffs. Bhel looks healthy and delicious!
Thanks ..Its the Sastha brand Usha.. Not sure if you get that there…
I just wish you were around, i could have gotten them for tasting at least :)
:-) Come back to SF bay again..
Great idea to use Barley puffs for bhel. Thank you!
Thanks a lot Archana..
This barley puffs are new to me. Looks like a healthy ingredient and the bhel looks so delicious. Loved all your recipes this month..
Thanks a lot Gayathri.. :-)