Recipe- Make Your Rainy Evening Delicious With Aloo Chana Chaat

Aloo Chana Chaat or Potato Chickpea Salad is a sweet, spicy and tangy – all in one recipe that can be served as a starter or even had as an evening snack.Nothing can beat Indian street food. Unique flavors, varieties and its affordable.Traditionally Aloo Chole Chaat is prepared using boiled chickpeas and potatoes. You can use canned chickpeas too. I just love the crispy and crunchy potatoes and thus I have fried them in the recipe. If you like to prepare a healthy version feel free to replace fried potatoes with boiled potatoes.

Ingredients

3 Medium sized potatoes, cubed
2 cups Chole or Chickpeas, boiled and drained
1 Red onion chopped
2 Tomatoes chopped
1/4 cup Coriander leaves or Cilantro
1 1/2 tsp Chaat Masala
1 1/2 tbsp Lemon juice
Chile powder as needed
Salt, to taste
1 tbsp Tamarind
1 1/2 tbsp Brown sugar or jaggery
1/2 tsp Chaat Masala
Sev, for garnish

Method

* Soak tamarind in around 1/2 cup of hot water for an hour and then squeeze out the juice from tamarind. Discard the fibrous pulp.

* To this tamarind water, add salt, brown sugar or jaggery, chaat masala and mix. Bring this to a boil for 4 to 5 minutes or till it thickens.

* I like cripsy potatoes for the chaat. So I have deep fried them in oil. For a healthy version you can simply use boiled potatoes.

* For additional crunch, after frying potatoes, I have fried around 4 tbsp of boiled/canned chickpeas. (this is optional)

* In a large bowl, add boiled chickpeas, red onion, tomatoes, coriander leaves, chaat masala, lemon juice, salt to taste, chile powder, tamarind chutney and toss till combined.

* Finally add the fried potatoes and mix well.

* Transfer this to serving bowl. Garnish it with sev, fried chickpeas.

* Aloo Chana Chaat or Potato Chickpea Salad is ready. Serve immediately and enjoy.