The Panipuri (also known as Gol gappa , pnpr (helpinfo), pani ke

bataashe, Marathi: ppur,Urdu: ,Gujarati: , term used in Western

India, phuchka (Bengali: , or gup chup (Oriya: )) is a popular street snack
inIndia, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Nepal. It consists of a round, hollow puri, fried crisp and filled
with a mixture of flavored water ("pani"), tamarind chutney, chili, chaat masala, potato, onion and
chickpeas. It is generally small enough to fit completely into one's mouth. It is a popular street
food dish
in Mumbai, Kolkata, Delhi, Lucknow, Karachi, Lahore, Chittagong, Dhaka and Kathmandu.
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. Pani comes from the Hindi word
for water and puri (or poori) is the name of an Indian bread made by deep frying in oil. Dogras,
Kashmiris, Bhaderwahis, Gujjars, Paharis, Ladakhis, Himachalis of North India called it "Gol
Gappa'. It is known as bataasha in the Western region of Uttar Pradesh. 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 Phuchka in Eastern Indian states
like Bihar,Jharkhand and West Bengal, also in Bangladesh. Because of the bursting sound in the
mouth when it is eaten, called gup chup inOdisha,Hyderabad and South Jharkhand. Gol-Gappa
or Pani Pataase in Madhya Pradesh, Gup-Chup or Gol-Gappa or Panipuri inChhattisgarh. In
several parts of Gujarat and Kutch. It is commonly known as pakodi (), not to be confused
with pakoda.