DEEPIKA SPICY KITCHEN: Masala puri chaat

Masala puri chaat

Masala puri chaat is me and my hubby‘s favorite chaat .We used to go to a chaat stall nearby our home ofen to eat this tasty chaat .we have eaten channa masala chaat and this is something similar to it ,but it is made out of white peas( or vellai patani in tamil).

The white peas gravy gives very beautiful taste to the chaat and we love it. It will be tastier when eaten hot. So I was wondering to prepare this mouth watering masala puri chaat at home , I tried to make it once and now I got the exact recipe and also tried ,it was awesome and taste similar to the chaat which we ate at that chaat stall.

I would like to post this Masala Puri chaat recipe for you all. Please do try at home and say me your feedback, I am waiting for all your feedback friends…

Following is the step by step instructions to make this mouth watering Masala puri chaat with pictures,

Masala puri chaat using dried white peas

Preparation time: 15 minutes/ cooking time 20 minutes

Cuisine: North Indian/ Category: Snacks

Serves: 3 to 4

Needed:

Dried white peas: 200 grams

Tomato: 1 finely chopped

Onion: 1 finely chopped

Ginger: 1 inch piece

Garlic: 5 cloves

Salt : as per your taste

Oil: 2 spoons

Green chilli: 2

Powders:

Chilli powder: 1/2 spoon

Turmeric powder: ¼ spoon

Coriander powder: 2 spoons

Cumin powder: ¼ spoon

To serve as Masala puri chaat:

Crushed puri: ½ cup, chaat masala: 1 spoon, chilli powder: ¼ spoon, grated carrot ,coriander leaves chopped, sev, chopped onions, Green chutney:2 spoons ,Sweet and sour chutney: 1 spoon.

Method:

Step 1: soak white peas for 6 hours or soak it over night. Pressure cook it by adding1/4 spoon of turmeric powder, pinch of chilli powder, one chopped garlic and salt for 3 whistles.(the white peas should be so soft after pressure cooking it)

Step 2: take half of the pressure cooked peas and grind it to a coarse paste and keep it aside, we will later use it.

Step 3: Now heat one spoon of oil in a pan, add chopped onion and ginger garlic. Sauté till onion turns golden brown, wait till onions turn golden brown or add pinch of salt to it so that it will turn brown soon.

Step 4: Now add chopped tomato. Sauté until tomatoes turns mushy. Grind the mixture to a paste and keep it aside.

Step 5: Heat one spoon of oil in a pan and add the grinded onion, tomato paste and sauté well by adding all the powders said above in the needed list (turmeric powder, chilli pdr, coriander pdr, cumin pdr)

Step 6: Now add grinded white pea’s paste, salt and mix well. Cook for 2 mins and add the rest of pressure cooked peas and sauté and cook for 4 minutes. Now garnish with coriander leaves.

The white peas gravy is done now, you can even simply serve it with roti or chapatti.

Let us learn how to present it as Masala puri chaat:

Step 1: put those white peas masala on a serving bowl, sprinkle ½ cup of crushed puri on it.

Step 2: sprinkle chaat masala, chilli powder, greenchilli chutney, sweet sour chutney, some finely chopped onions, grated carrot and sprinkle some finely chopped coriander leaves.

Now it will look awesome, taste it and enjoy …