Chana Chaat
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Chana Chaat
Description
Chana Chaat uses cooked potatoes and drained canned chickpeas combined with finely chopped onion, seeded and chopped tomato, and green chili. The dish is seasoned with roasted ground cumin, dried mango powder, red chili powder, salt, and pepper to create a flavorful base.
Tamarind (imli) sauce is stirred in for tartness. Crispy elements like sev and crushed chaat papdi or puffed pani puri are added for texture, and fresh coriander leaves are used as a garnish. The mixture is served immediately to maintain the freshness and crunch of the toppings.
This dish suits as a light snack or appetizer. Variations include using different types of crunchy toppings according to preference.
Ingredients
- 1 cup canned chickpeas Drained
- 3 potato medium-large, for salad
- 1 onion small
- 1 tomato for salad
- 1 green chili
- 1 teaspoon red chili powder I use Kashmiri chilli powder
- ¾ teaspoon mango powder Amchoor, dried
- 1 teaspoon cumin seeds pan-roasted and grind to a powder, teaspoon
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon ground black pepper
- 4 tablespoons tamarind sauce Imli.
- chaat papri pani puri, or poppadom, puffed
- sev thin
- Coriander leaves chopped. (optional, handful, green, aka cilantro leaves
Instructions
- Peel and cube the potatoes. Rinse and boil them until they are soft and cooked. Leave to cool.
- Drain the chickpeas and discard the liquid.
- Peel and chop the onion.
- Chop the green chilli.
- Deseed the tomato and chop its flesh.
- Now, place the boiled potatoes in a mixing bowl.
- Add in chickpeas, chopped onion, chilli, roasted cumin powder, dried-mango powder (Amchoor), red chilli powder, salt, and ground black pepper. Stir well until all is mixed.
- Then add tamarind sauce (imli) and chopped tomato. Mix again.
- Lastly, add about ½ cup of fine sev and crush 3-4 puffed chaat papdi over.
- Quickly stir again and put in individual serving bowls.
- You can add more sev and crush chaat papdi if you like. Also, an extra drizzle of tamarind sauce.
- Garnish with chopped coriander/cilantro leaves.
- Enjoy right away.
Notes
- Homemade or store-bought tamarind (imli) sauce can be used based on convenience.
- Choose any crispy snacks such as puffed chaat papdi, pani puri, or poppadoms for the crunchy topping.
Nutrition Information
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Serving: 4portions
Amount Per Serving
Calories 423 kcal
% Daily Value*
| Serving | 1g | |
| Calories | 423kcal | 21% |
| Carbohydrates | 60g | 20% |
| Protein | 15g | 30% |
| Fat | 16g | 25% |
| Saturated Fat | 2g | 10% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 12g | 71% |
| Cholesterol | 1mg | 0% |
| Sodium | 707mg | 29% |
| Fiber | 13g | 52% |
| Sugar | 15g | 30% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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Overall Rating
5
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