Celebrating Pani Puri

Jul 12, 2023

Celebrating Pani Puri

This interactive Doodle game celebrates the traditional South Asian dish, pani puri. Click the Doodle to help complete customers' orders before time runs out!

About the Doodle

Celebrating Pani Puri

On this day in 2015, in Indore, Madhya Pradesh, a restaurant called Indori Zayka and Dainik Bhaskar achieved the World Record for serving the most flavors of pani puri by offering 51 options, under the guidance of Masterchef Neha Shah.

About the Doodle

This snack goes by different names, as there are many regional variations that exist across India. In Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh, the name pani puri describes the bite-sized street food commonly filled with boiled chickpeas, a white pea mixture, and sprouts dipped in tangy and spicy pani. In the northern Indian states of Punjab, Jammu and Kashmir, and New Delhi, the potato and chickpea-filled treat dunked in jaljeera-flavored water is called gol gappe or gol gappa. The name puchkas or fuchkas is used in West Bengal and parts of Bihar and Jharkhand, with the key ingredient for this variety being tamarind pulp.

Though there are many different types of filling and pani for everyone's unique palette, there are two things everyone can agree on: eat the pani puri quickly to avoid the puri getting soggy or leaking, and always eat it in one bite to avoid a crumbly mess.

Play today’s interactive game Doodle, and help a street vendor team fill orders for pani puri. Choose the puris that match each customer's flavor and quantity preference to keep them happy. Let’s get to serving!

Illustration of a cartoon man cooking pani puri on the right while a cartoon woman serves pani puri on the left with a drawing of the food item in the middle of the illustration.
The Story

About the Pani Puri Doodle

This interactive game Doodle celebrates pani puri — a popular South Asian street food made of a crispy shell stuffed with potatoes, chickpeas, spices, or chilis and flavoured waters.

Photograph of fingers holding a put together pani puri
Behind the Doodle

Food Research

Pani puri from the local chaat place: potato, chickpea, onion, tamarind, and mint water with boondi (fried chickpea flour)

Pani Puri Doodle Team

ART & UX

Art & UX Lead: Anthony Irwin

Art: Olivia When

UX Research: David Sharek

ENGINEERING

Engineer Lead: Jonathan Shneier

Engineers: Grant King, Daniel Dovali, Stephanie Gu

MUSIC & SFX

Michael Perusse

ACCESSIBILITY ADVISOR

Peter Saathoff-Harshfield

 

PRODUCTION

Marketing | Perla Campos, Caroline Moran, Jessica Sharma, Ankita Chemburkar, Sampada Srivastava, Abhilasha Chhabra

Business Affairs & Partnerships | Madeline Belliveau

Doodle Team Interactive Leads | Nate Swinehart, Jacob Howcroft

Doodle Team Engineering Lead | Tom Tabanao

Doodle Team Lead | Jessica Yu

 

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The Doodle Celebrating Pani Puri launched Jul 12, 2023
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