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Aloo Chaat

Aloo chaat is a lip smacking delicious chaat
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Course: chats, evening snacks
Cuisine: Bengali
Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 4 potato
  • 1 onion
  • 2 to mato
  • 1 tablespoon bengal gram
  • 1/2 teaspoon cumin powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon coriander powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon chilli powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon chaat masala
  • 1 teaspoon tamarind puree
  • lemon juice
  • coriander for garnishing

Method
 

  1. Soak the chana dal for sometime. Cook the chana dal and potatoes together in a pressure cooker al dente.
  2. Cut the onion finely.
  3. Chop the tomatoes into small pieces.
  4. Let the pressure release by itself. Peel the skin and cut them into cubes.
  5. Put the cubes in a bowl.
  6. Add onion pieces.
  7. Put chaat masala, coriander  powder, cumin powder, salt and chilli powder.
  8. Put the tamarind pulp.
  9. Mix all the ingredients together.
  10. Finally add tomato and garnish with coriander and lemon juice.
  11. Serve immediately.

Notes

Put chana dal and potato in  separate containers, wash the potatoes and cook them whole. Put chana dal with little water in another pan. Cook them for one whistle. Let the pressure release by itself.