In northern India they're known as "panipuri"; people in Bangladesh call them "fuchka." When the little balls of dough are deep-fried they puff up. Then they are opened up carefully and the hollow center is stuffed with vegetables, meat or fish.
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We met up with Mohammed on Nilkhet Square in the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka. The fourteen-year-old boy mans his own fuchka stall to earn money for his family.