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.
Course Snack
Cuisine Indian
Keyword Chana, Chat, Potato, Snacks
Prep Time 30 minutesminutes
Cook Time 30 minutesminutes
Other Preparations Time 1 hourhour
Total Time 2 hourshours
Servings 4
Author Shanaz Rafiq
Ingredients
2cupsboiled and cubed potatoes
2cupsboiled chickpea
1packet papdi
1packet chaat vermicellior any bhujiya
1large onion chopped
1big tomato chopped
2green chilies
½cupchopped coriander
2cupssweetened and whisked yogurt
½cuptamarind chutney*
½cupgreen mint chutney*
Salt to taste
1tbsproasted cumin powder
1tbspred chili powder
1tbsplemon juice
1tbspchaat masala powder
For green chutney: grind together
1tspgrated garlic
1tspgrated ginger
2green chilies
1tsplemon juice
Salt
1cupmint leaves
1cupgreen coriander
1sliceof bread soaked in water
For sweet chutney:
½cuptamarind pulp
1cupboiling water
4tbspgrated jaggery
1tspcumin powder
½tspred chili powder
½tspblack salt
½tspblack 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.