Aloo Chaat Recipe (Street Style)
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Aloo Chaat Recipe (Street Style)
Description
Aloo Chaat involves shallow frying bite-sized potato cubes in neutral oil until evenly crisp and golden. While still hot, these potato pieces are mixed with a combination of spice powders—black pepper, Kashmiri red chili, roasted cumin, dry mango powder, chaat masala, and black salt—to impart complex layers of heat, sourness, and saltiness. Freshly chopped mint and coriander leaves add herbal brightness, while tamarind chutney brings a touch of sweetness and tang. Lemon juice finishes the dish with a fresh acidic note. Optional garnishes like pomegranate seeds and sev can add bursts of color and texture.
This snack is best served warm or at room temperature as a flavorful appetizer or street-side treat, combining crisp potatoes with bold, balanced seasoning.
For a lighter alternative, potatoes can be air-fried or baked instead of fried. Choose starchy potatoes like Russet or Maris Piper for a crisp exterior. The spice levels and chutneys can be adjusted to taste, making it suitable for different palates. This recipe scales easily.
Ingredients
For frying potatoes
- 250 grams potato or 2 large or 3 medium potatoes
- 4 tablespoons neutral cooking oil for shallow frying, generic cooking oil
Other ingredients
- ¼ teaspoon black pepper powder
- ½ teaspoon Kashmiri red chili powder
- ½ teaspoon cumin powder roasted
- ½ teaspoon dry mango powder (amchur powder)
- ½ teaspoon chaat masala powder
- black salt or pink salt or white salt as per taste
- 1 tablespoon mint finely chopped leaves
- 2 tablespoons Coriander leaves finely chopped
- ½ teaspoon green chilies or 1 green chili - optional, finely chopped
- 1 tablespoon tamarind chutney or add as required
- 1 to 2 teaspoons lemon juice or add as per taste
- 1 to 2 tablespoons pomegranate arils for garnish - optional
Instructions
Frying potatoes
- Rinse potatoes a couple of times in fresh water and then peel them. Chop the potatoes in small bite sized cubes.
- Heat oil in a frying pan or kadai (wok). Keep the heat to medium. Use any neutral oil with a high smoking point to fry the potato cubes.
- Add the potato cubes. You can fry potatoes in one or two batches depending on the size of the pan or kadai.
- When one side become light golden, turn over and fry the second side. Keep on turning the potatoes as required for even frying.
- Fry till the potatoes turn crisp and golden. Make sure to fry well so that the potato cubes are not raw or half cooked from the center.
- Remove with a slotted spoon. place the fried potatoes on kitchen paper towels.
Making aloo chaat
- When the potatoes are still hot, take them in a mixing bowl.
- Add all the spice powders mentioned above. You can adjust spice powders as per your requirements.
- Also add black salt or white salt as per taste.
- Add the finely chopped mint leaves and coriander leaves.
- At this step you can also add finely chopped green chillies. Note that green chilies give pungent and hot notes while eating. Add only if you can eat raw green chilies.
- Toss and mix well.
- Then add sweet tamarind chutney and lemon juice.
- Toss and mix everything very well, so that the chutney, spice powders and lemon juice is evenly coated on the fried potatoes.
- Place the aloo chaat in a serving bowl. While serving you can garnish with some pomegranate arils. You can also garnish with sev if you want.
- Serve aloo chaat as an evening snack or a starter snack.
Notes
- For extra crunch, sprinkle sev when serving.
- Adjust spices and salt to your personal taste.
- Green chutney or coriander chutney can be added along with tamarind chutney.
- Air-frying or baking potatoes is a healthier alternative to shallow frying.
- The recipe can be doubled easily for larger servings.
- Use starchy potatoes like Russet or Maris Piper for best crispiness.
- Air-fry potato cubes at 180°C (356°F) after preheating air fryer, shaking occasionally, until golden and crisp.
- Toss air-fried potatoes with spices and chutneys while hot for best flavor absorption.
Nutrition Information
Show DetailsNutrition Facts
Serving: 3Serving
Amount Per Serving
Calories 160 kcal
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 160kcal | 8% |
| Carbohydrates | 17g | 6% |
| Protein | 2g | 4% |
| Fat | 9g | 14% |
| Saturated Fat | 1g | 5% |
| Sodium | 66mg | 3% |
| Potassium | 377mg | 8% |
| Fiber | 3g | 12% |
| Sugar | 4g | 8% |
| Vitamin A | 190IU | 4% |
| Vitamin C | 13.6mg | 15% |
| Calcium | 33mg | 3% |
| Iron | 3.2mg | 18% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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