There’s always a cheat day in your life, mine come’s every often now 😛 I know it’s a bit funny but in India snacks play a major role in our homes. Specially the North Indians enjoy all kinds of fried or baked snack, both healthy or unhealthy with tea or coffee and enjoy life. I sometimes acquire some weird eating habits. Being a North Indian and like any other woman, my love for Chaat can’t be described into words.
So today was the day to indulge into an absolute unhealthy stuff, that is a Deep Fried Katori Chaat. To reduce my guilt and feel a little better I paired it with Long Island Green Tea sent by Tea Trunk
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Katori chaat is bowl shaped fried patty filled with spicy potato and chickpea filling and garnished with various dips and toppings. Easy to make but requires skills to make the katoris. You can also make baked katoris using cup cake molds or even silicon molds.
Ingredients :
For Making Katori :
1/2 cup All Purpose Flour Maida
2 tbsp Semolina/ Sooji/ Suji
1 tsp Thick Curd
1/2 tsp Onion Seeds/ Kalonj optional
1/2 tsp salt
Oil for deep frying
1 cup Chickpeas/ Chole boiled
2 medium potato boiled
1 large onion fine chopped
2 tbsp Tamarind dip/ Imli Chutney
2 tbsp Green Coriander Dip/ Dhaniya Pudina Chuyney
1/2 cup Fresh Curd/ Yogurt whisked
handful Bhujiya Sev
2-3 tbsp Fresh Coriander fine chopped
2-3 Mint Leaf chopped
2 Green Chilies chopped
1/2 tsp Turmeric Powder
1/2 tsp Red Chili Powder
1/2 tsp Coriander Powder
1/2 tsp Garam Masala Powder
1 tsp Roasted Cumin Powder
1 tsp chaat masala
handful Pomegranate pearls
Prep Time | 20 minutes |
Cook Time | 40 minutes |
Servings |
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- 1/2 cup All Purpose Flour Maida
- 2 tbsp Semolina/ Sooji/ Suji
- 1-2 tbsp Oil or Ghee
- 1 tsp Thick Curd
- 1/2 tsp Onion Seeds/ Kalonj optional
- 1/2 tsp salt
- Oil for deep frying
- 1 cup Chickpeas/ Chole boiled
- 2 medium potato boiled
- 1 large onion fine chopped
- 2 tbsp Tamarind dip/ Imli Chutney
- 2 tbsp Green Coriander Dip/ Dhaniya Pudina Chuyney
- 1/2 cup Fresh Curd/ Yogurt whisked
- handful Bhujiya Sev
- 2-3 tbsp Fresh Coriander fine chopped
- 2-3 Mint Leaf chopped
- 2 Green Chilies chopped
- 1/2 tsp Turmeric Powder
- 1/2 tsp Red Chili Powder
- 1/2 tsp Coriander Powder
- 1/2 tsp Garam Masala Powder
- 1 tsp Roasted Cumin Powder
- 1 tsp chaat masala
- handful Pomegranate pearls
Ingredients
For Making Katori :
For Making The Chaat Filling :
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- In a large mixing bowl add all the ingredients mentioned under "katori" except oil for deep frying.
- Add water slowly and knead the flour mix to a smooth tight dough. Cover the dough with a muslin cloth and keep aside in a cool dry place for 10-15 mins. Meanwhile prepare the filling for the chaat.
- Pinch a lemon sized ball from the dough and roll out to make a thin puri. Now place a wide base steel or aluminium katori in the center of the puri and cover the katori from all sides. Now heat ol for frying and once the oil is hot, carefully drop in the katori in the oil. Once the dough cover starts frying it'll gently leave the steel katori acquiring the same shape. Fry golden and carefully transfer it on a kitchen napkin to soak excess oil.
- Collect all ingredients on the kitchen counter mentioned under "Chaat Filling" .
- Take boiled potatoes, peel and cut into small pieces and keep aside.
- Now heat 1 tsp oil in a pan and add boiled peas and potatoes to saute.
- Add turmeric powder, coriander powder, red chili powder and garam masala powder, some salt to taste and fry them nicely till flavors mix well.
- Collect the mix in a bowl and let it cool.
- Take a fried bowl shaped katori and place it on a serving plate.
- Take 2-3 scoops of potato and chickpea mix and fill the katori generously.
- Now add whisked curd, green chutney, tamarind chutney on top. Sprinkle some chopped onion and green chilies.
- Add some roasted cumin powder and chaat masala all over and spread bhujiya sev and pomegranate pearls on top.
- Place some lemon wedges on side, if you like to drizzle some lemon juice on your chaat.
- Pair it with tea or coffee.
If you liked this recipe, then try making at home and do share your feedback with me in comments below. You can also try a baked version just to make it a bit healthy.
Thanks!
Love : Shaheen