Food of Pakistan

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The <b>Panipuri</b> (also known as <b>Gol gappa</b>, <b>pani ke bataashe</b>, <b>phuchka</b>is a popular street snack in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakistan" style="background-color: transparent; background-image: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Pakistan">Pakistan</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India" style="background-image: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="India">India</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangladesh" style="background-image: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Bangladesh">Bangladesh</a>, and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nepal" style="background-image: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Nepal">Nepal</a>. It consists of a round, hollow <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puri_(food)" style="background-image: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Puri (food)">puri</a>, fried crisp and filled with a mixture of flavored water ("pani"), <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamarind" style="background-image: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Tamarind">tamarind</a> chutney, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chili_powder" style="background-image: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Chili powder">chili</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaat_masala" style="background-image: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Chaat masala">chaat masala</a>,<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potato" style="background-image: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Potato">potato</a>, onion and chickpeas. It is generally small enough to fit completely into one's mouth. It is a popular street food dish in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karachi" style="background-color: transparent; background-image: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Karachi">Karachi</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lahore" style="background-color: transparent; background-image: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Lahore">Lahore</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mumbai" style="background-image: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Mumbai">Mumbai</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kolkata" style="background-image: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Kolkata">Kolkata</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delhi" style="background-image: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Delhi">Delhi</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucknow" style="background-image: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Lucknow">Lucknow</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chittagong" style="background-image: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Chittagong">Chittagong</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhaka" style="background-image: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Dhaka">Dhaka</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kathmandu" style="background-image: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Kathmandu">Kathmandu</a>.</div>
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In North India it is known as Gol Gappa. The name 'gol gappa' refers to the crisp sphere (gol) that is placed in the mouth and eaten (gappa) one at a time. <i>Pani</i> comes from the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindi" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Hindi">Hindi</a> word for <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Water">water</a> and <i>puri</i> (or <i>poori</i>) is the name of an <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_bread" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Indian bread">Indian bread</a> made by deep frying in oil. Dogras, Kashmiris, Bhaderwahis, Gujjars, Paharis, Ladakhis, Himachalis of North India called it "Gol Gappa'. It is known as <i>bataasha</i> in the Western region of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uttar_Pradesh" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Uttar Pradesh">Uttar Pradesh</a>. Bataasha is something which gets smashed with application of a slight pressure; the bataasha gets smashed as soon as it is placed inside the mouth. It is known as <i>Phuchka</i> in <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_India" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Eastern India">Eastern Indian</a> states like <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bihar" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Bihar">Bihar</a>,<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jharkhand" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Jharkhand">Jharkhand</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Bengal" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="West Bengal">West Bengal</a>, also in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangladesh" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Bangladesh">Bangladesh</a>. Because of the bursting sound in the mouth when it is eaten, called <i>gup chup</i> in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odisha" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Odisha">Odisha</a>,Hyderabad and South <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jharkhand" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Jharkhand">Jharkhand</a>. Gol-Gappa or Pani Pataase in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madhya_Pradesh" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Madhya Pradesh">Madhya Pradesh</a>, Gup-Chup or Gol-Gappa or Panipuri in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chhattisgarh" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Chhattisgarh">Chhattisgarh</a>. In several parts of Gujarat and Kutch. It is commonly known as <i>pakodi</i>, not to be confused with <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakora" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Pakora">pakoda</a></i>.</div>
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