Healthy snacking with chaats

Described as the king of Indian street food, chaats are all-time favourite snacks. Here are three chaat recipes you can rustle up at home!: writes Khushboo Nehaal Jashnani Pav bhaji (4 servings) Ingredients • 8-10 pieces pav bread • 2 potatoes • 3 tomatoes • ½ capsicum • ½ cup peas • 1 large onion • 2 tsp ginger-garlic paste • 1 tsp garam masala • 1 tsp chaat masala • ½ spoon chilli powder • 1/4 cup methi leaves • 1/4 cup coriander leaves • 3 tbsp butter • Salt to taste Preparation guide • Chop onion, tomatoes and capsicum finely. Wash and chop methi and coriander leaves. • Heat one tbsp butter in a pan and fry onions together with ginger garlic paste. Add dry masala powders. Add tomato and stir until finely mashed. • Heat remaining butter and fry potatoes, capsicum and peas with a little salt. Add water and cook until done. Mash this mix finely. • Add this mix to the onion-tomato paste, along with chopped methi and coriander leaves. Cook for a few minutes. Set aside some coriander for garnishing. • Add more salt if needed. Garnish with a dollop of butter and coriander leaves. • Toast pav bread with butter and a pinch of chilli powder. Sprinkle coriander leaves on the butter. Serve hot. Aloo chaat (3 servings) Ingredients • 3 potatoes • 1 onion • 1 tsp tamarind juice • 1 tsp tomato sauce • 1 tsp ginger garlic paste • 2 tbsp butter • 1 tsp chilli powder • ½ tsp jeera powder • 2 tbsp sev • 1/4 tsp turmeric powder • ½ cup peanuts • Salt to taste Preparation guide • Boil potatoes (but make sure they are not too soft). • Slice them into cubes. • Heat butter, and toss potato cubes together with salt, jeera, turmeric and chilli powder. • Stir fry until you get a golden brown, lightly crisp layer. • Fry onions separately with ginger garlic paste. Set aside 1 tbsp chopped onion. • Add this mix to potatoes, tamarind juice, tomato sauce and chopped onion. • Roast peanuts. • Garnish the aloo chaat with peanuts and sev and serve. Papdi chaat (4 servings) Ingredients • 12 papdis (buy baked ones if possible) • 2 potatoes • 1 large onion • ½ cup peanuts • 2 finely chopped tsp coriander leaves • 1 tsp green chutney • 1 tsp tomato sauce • ½ cup sev • 1 cucumber (optional) Preparation guide • Chop onion and tomatoes finely. Set aside. • Chop coriander leaves finely. • Boil potatoes, and cut into small cubes. • Roast peanuts. After they cool, crush them into large pieces. • Peel and cut cucumber into slices. • Arrange papdis on a platter. • Place potato cubes. • Mix chopped onions and tomatoes, together with green chutney and tomato sauce. Add crushed roasted peanuts. • Top with sev and chopped coriander, and serve with a few slices of cucumber. Facebook Twitter LinkedIn…