British Vendor’s ‘Jhalmuri Express’ with Bhel Puri Surprise Indian Cricket Fans Outside Oval Stadium
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Apart from India vs Australia cricket match, what raptured the spectators of ICC World Cup 2019 match at the Oval cricket stadium on Sunday is a British vendor’s Jhalmuri Express outside the stadium selling India’s favorite dish Bhel Puri.

India won the match against Australia by 36 runs, and British vendor Angus Denoon’s Bhel Puri won over the swarm of spectators outside Oval cricket stadium by a huge margin.

The spectator crowd at Oval cricket stadium which compromised mostly of Indians were surprised to find a very familiar Indian street-food outside the cricket stadium.

Jhalmuri, or its North-Indian equivalent, Bhelpuri is compromised of puffed rice, spices, sliced cucumbers tomatoes, chutneys to add flavor and the secret ingredient of childhood nostalgia. This common street-food, found at the stalls of roadside vendors is something every Indian kid has experienced growing up, and for fans to find it outside the stadium was nothing short of a delight.

According to The Telegraph, Angus Denoon learned to make this dish, from Kolkata. “I learned it from the masters,” he added. Priced at £3.50, or Rs 310 the street food is served in the classic wrapping it is in India – a paper thonga, or a wrap made out of newspaper. This isn’t the first time Denoon’s jhalmuri has made its mark, though. Earlier, a documentary called ‘The Jhal Muri Wallah of London: “Everybody Love, Love Jhal Muri Express”‘ had also documented

British Vendor’s ‘Jhalmuri Express’ with Bhel Puri
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Denoon’s art of serving this India street-style food in a very non-Indian environment.

Angus has also participated in various food festivals across Britain and added several other street food items onto the menu after his success with jhalmuri. His presence outside Oval cricket stadium is winning hearts all over again.

However, it wasn’t just jhalmuri though that surprised Indians outside the Oval stadium, but also garam garam ‘moomfali’ which also made its appearance at the stadium.

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