Ahalya Draupadi Kunti Tara Mandodari tatha Panchakanya smaranityam mahapataka nashaka This age-old Sanskrit verse is an ode to five such complex women from the epics. Literally translated ...

According to mythology, Draupadi first made it when Kunti asked her to prepare a filling dish using leftover vegetables and flour. That's how pani puri came into being.