Gupchup
GUP-chup
A popular Indian street food snack made of crispy hollow puris filled with spicy water and other ingredients.
Meaning & usage
Gupchup, also known as golgappa or pani puri, is a beloved street food across India. It consists of small, round, hollow puris that are crisp and filled with a mixture of flavored water, tamarind chutney, chili, chaat masala, potato, onion, or chickpeas. The dish is known by different names in various regions, such as 'pani puri' in Maharashtra and 'phuchka' in West Bengal.
In a sentence
We spent the evening enjoying gupchup at the bustling street market.
As seen in crosswords
Gupchup is a 7-letter answer. A typical clue:
“A popular Indian street food snack made of crispy hollow puris filled with spicy water and other ingredients” (7)
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