Pani Puri
The common name with Fuchkar is Pani Puri. Fuchka is called by this name in Maharashtra, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka and even Nepal. However, even if the name is the same, all the water is completely different from the other at once. In Mumbai, where you can find water soaked in sweet tamarind chutney puri jhal jhal ragra (peas), in Madhya Pradesh water puri is crammed with mashed potatoes. In Gujarat, there are sliced potatoes and boiled mugs in Panipuri dipped in dates and sweet chutney. In Bangalore, you will find onion powder in Pani Puri.
Fuchka
If West, Central, South India has fun in Pani Puri, then East India has fun in Fuchka. Beyond the borders of West Bengal and Assam, Fukka is also the darling of Bangladesh. The ingredients and taste are quite different from Puri Puri. Not sweet chutney, Fuchka bathes here in sour water. The taste of phukka filled with mashed potatoes and boiled gram is quite bitter. It is also a bit bigger in size than Pani Puri, the color is also a little reddish for hard frying. Fuchka is also very popular in Bihar and Jharkhand.
Gossip
Fuchka in popularity, after Pani Puri is in Gol Guppe. In northern India, Fuchka is originally called by this name in Haryana. Like Bara Pao in Maharashtra, the popularity of gossip is skyrocketing in northern India. There are rows of Golgappe stalls along every sidewalk. Sweet chutney in a round goop filled with potatoes and peas, mixed with sour water. The water contains a special combination of some spices and light mint. However, even though the name is Gol Guppe, it looks a bit long. Somewhere in Haryana, besides gossip, Fuchka is also called Pani Ke Patash. Although the taste is almost round gossip near the water who patashe.
Pokori
In some remote areas of Gujarat it is known as Fuchka Pakori. However, there is no similarity between pokora and pakora. Although the taste is quite the same, the pakori is given fried jhuri. Instead of sweet chutney, mint, raw chilli powder is very different from pokori water puri in sour-salty water. In many places onion paste is also given in pokori.
Potash or water is in the air
Potash, which is very popular in Rajasthan, tastes almost like Pani Puri. However, mango is in the water of the potash. In Uttar Pradesh, Fuchka is called Pani Ke Batashe. Potatoes, lentils, peas are dipped in air filled with quite spicy water. In Lucknow, 5 different flavors are made in water. Hazratganj is famous for this wind.
Silence
Fuchka is called by this funny name in Orissa, South of Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Hyderabad and Telangana. However, the potato does not remain silent. Boiled lentils or peas can be secretly filled with onion powder from time to time.
Sparkle
In Gujarat, bread is called chapati or fulka, but in several places in Uttar Pradesh and Nepal, fulki actually means phuchka. Dahi Fulki is available in the month of Ramadan. Dahi Phulki is made with pea curd bara. However, sparks are not very common.
Tikki
Only in Hyderabad and Madhya Pradesh is Fuchka called Tikki. In all other places, tikki means potato tikki, but here it is fuchkai tikki dipped in pea-potato-filled water.
Reading
Fuchka is also called Padaka in many places in Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh.
