The golgappa also known as panipuri पानीपूरी, pānīpūrī, pani ke pataashe, Marathi: पाणीपुरी pāṇīpurī, Gujarati: પાણી પુરી pāṇī purī, term used in Western India, phuchka (Bengali: ফুচকা), or gup chup (Oriya: ଗୁପଚୁପ୍) is a popular street snack in India. It is a round, hollow puri, fried crisp and filled with a mixture of water, tamarind, chili, chaat masala, potato, onion and chickpeas. It is small enough to fit completely in one's mouth.
It is known as bataasha in the western region of Uttar Pradesh. Bataasha means 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 phoochka in Eastern Indian states like Bihar, Jharkhand and West Bengal and in Bangladesh, because of the bursting sound in the mouth when it is eaten, called gup chup in Orissa and South Jharkhand, Bihar and Chhatisgarh. In several parts of Gujarat and Kutch. It? ?!"s commonly known as pakodi (પકોડી),




