Chana Chaat
Chana Chaat is a spicy, tangy and sweet South Asian street food snack. It's healthy, filling and of course mind-blowingly delicious.
Ingredients
- 250 g pre-boiled chickpeas ~1 small can
- 1 small tomato diced
- 1 small onion diced
- 3 tablespoon fresh cilantro chopped
- 3 tablespoon fresh mint chopped
- 1 teaspoon chaat masala plus extra for sprinkling
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ⅓ teaspoon red chili powder
- 1 teaspoon cumin powder
Sweetened Yogut
- ½ cup (200g) yogurt whisked
- 2-3 tablespoon white sugar
- ¼ cup water
Mint Chutney
- ½ cup fresh mint
- ¼ cup fresh cilantro
- 1 green chili small
- pinch salt
- ¼ teaspoon cumin seeds roasted and crushed
- 2 tablespoon lemon juice
Imli Chutney
- 100 g tamarind preferably seedless
- 1 cup water
- ¼ cup jaggery (gur)
- ½ teaspoon red chili powder
- ¼ teaspoon black salt
- ½ teaspoon ginger powder
- ½ teaspoon cumin seeds roasted and crushed
Assembly
- sev or papri
- chaat masala
- 2 tablespoon onion diced
- 2 tablespoon tomato diced
- 1 tablespoon fresh mint chopped
- 1 tablespoon fresh cilantro chopped
Instructions
- In a small blender add all the ingredients of the Mint Chutney and blend till smooth. Keep aside.
- Boil the water and turn off heat. Put the tamarind in it, along with the rest of the ingredients and cover for 15-20 minutes. When the tamarind separates and is soft blend everything together into a smooth chutney. If your tamarind has seeds remove those first before blending.
- Mix the yogurt, water and sugar. Keep aside.
- In the boiled chickpeas add onion, tomato, mint, cilantro, chaat masala, cumin powder, salt and red chili powder. Mix well and put aside.
- Take a big bowl (or individual jars for party serving).
- Add some sweetened yogurt sparingly to the bottom of your serving bowl, put the chickpeas mixture, pour some more yogurt, drizzle the mint and imli chutney.
- Garnish with diced onions, tomatoes, mint, cilantro and sev (or papri).
- Sprinkle some chaat masala and serve immediately.
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Notes
- An alternative, quicker way of making Imli Chutney is to mix 1 tablespoon imli concentrate with ¼ cup water, 2 teaspoon brown sugar and ½ teaspoon cumin powder.
Nutrition
Serving: 1servingCalories: 290kcalCarbohydrates: 57gProtein: 9gFat: 4gSaturated Fat: 1gCholesterol: 7mgSodium: 383mgPotassium: 655mgFiber: 8gSugar: 37gVitamin A: 1082IUVitamin C: 17mgCalcium: 169mgIron: 5mg
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