Aloo Chana Chaat (Chick pea and Potato Snack)
Aloo Chana Chaat is a popular Indian street food where cooked potato and chickpeas are served with spicy and sweet chutney, yogurt and topped with crunchy salad and sev.
Ingredients
- 2 cups boiled and cubed potatoes
- 2 cups boiled chickpea
- 1 packet papdi
- 1 packet chaat vermicelli or any bhujiya
- 1 large onion chopped
- 1 big tomato chopped
- 2 green chilies
- ½ cup chopped coriander
- 2 cups sweetened and whisked yogurt
- ½ cup tamarind chutney*
- ½ cup green mint chutney*
- Salt to taste
- 1 tbsp roasted cumin powder
- 1 tbsp red chili powder
- 1 tbsp lemon juice
- 1 tbsp chaat masala powder
For green chutney: grind together
- 1 tsp grated garlic
- 1 tsp grated ginger
- 2 green chilies
- 1 tsp lemon juice
- Salt
- 1 cup mint leaves
- 1 cup green coriander
- 1 slice of bread soaked in water
For sweet chutney:
- ½ cup tamarind pulp
- 1 cup boiling water
- 4 tbsp grated jaggery
- 1 tsp cumin powder
- ½ tsp red chili powder
- ½ tsp black salt
- ½ tsp black pepper powder
Instructions
Spicy Chick Pea Masala:
- In a bowl combine together boiled chickpeas, onion, tomatoes, lemon juice, green chilies, cumin powder, red chili powder, salt and chaat masala powder. Mix well and set aside.
For sweet chutney:
- Take a lemon-sized piece of dry tamarind. Soak it in 1cup boiling water for 15 minutes.
- Squeeze out all the softened pulp into the water and bring the pulp to a boil. While it starts to boil, add 4 tbsp crushed jaggery, 1 tsp roasted cumin powder, 1 tsp chili powder, 1/2 tsp black salt, and 1/2 black pepper powder. Bring to a boil and simmer on low heat for 5 minutes. Add water if needed.
To assemble the chat
- Take a single serving plate and start assembling the chaat. 1st layer- of 5 crushed papdi, 2nd layer- a handful of boiled potatoes, 3rd layer- 3 spoons of chickpea masala, 4th layer- 3 tbsp of sweetened yogurt, 5th layer- drizzle 1 tbsp tamarind chutney, 6th layer- drizzle 1 tbsp mint chutney, 7th layer- chopped coriander. Finally, cover everything with chaat vermicelli.
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