Pani puri, the beloved Indian street food, has taken an unexpected detour on the international culinary scene thanks to Aditi Nevgi, a contestant on MasterChef Australia Season 15. Aditi decided to give this classic dish a Mexican twist by stuffing avocado and salmon roe inside the crispy puris. The fusion of flavors left the MasterChef Australia judges delighted, but back in India, Twitter was abuzz with diverse reactions.
While some couldn’t help but take a playful jab at Aditi’s creation, joking about the possibility of prawns being added and renaming it “prawni-puri,” others hailed it as the best thing to happen to pani puri. However, not everyone embraced the audacious twist, with one disgruntled user going as far as suggesting imprisonment for the offense.
Amidst the polarized opinions, a voice of reason emerged, comparing Aditi’s creation to other daring food experiments seen on Instagram reels by food vloggers.
Check Out How Netizens Reacted To It:
Why are people getting worked up about this that M@sterchef Pani puri thing? What is this obsession with adhering to standard recipes? There’s nothing intrinsically unappetising about salmon roe and avocado in a pani puri. Even if there was, why would people be *upset*?
— Vinay Aravind | vinayaravind@mastodon.social (@vinayaravind) June 23, 2023
It was literally a challenge to have a surprise in a dish so it couldn’t have been regular pani puri anyway.
— Yaba (@yabasust) June 23, 2023
The theme of the day was literally Surprises. She was following the brief. People need to pipe down.
— Abhinav Goel 🏳️🌈 (@GoelSiTeriBoli) June 23, 2023
She should be imprisoned for this offence.
— Shubham Sakhuja (@ishubhamsakhuja) June 22, 2023
In response to the discourse surrounding her dish, Aditi Nevgi took to Instagram, expressing her enthusiasm for continuing to experiment. She even shared a list of innovative pani puri variations she intends to explore, including Taiwanese Pani Puri inspired by bubble tea, Dessert Pani Puri dunked in chocolate milk, and Dance Floor Pani Puri infused with a shot of vodka.