Who said there is no healthy street food? My friends & I used to munch on this chana chaat walking by the Hill Rd. Our chanawala used to have a big kadai/wok on sighdi with warm chickpeas boiling. And he used to add the rest of the ingrdients as he served the chaat in the paper cones. Good, old days!!:-D
Chana Chaat
Chickpeas Salad
Ingredients
2 cups black or green chana/chickpeas, sprouts or soaked
1 potato, boiled, peeled, diced
1 tomato, diced
1 small onion, minced
1 or 2 green chilies, minced
salt to taste
1 tbsp coriander leaves/cilantro, chopped
2 tsp chaat masala (or per taste)
1 lemon, freshly squeezed
Method
1. Pressure cook soaked chana or chana sprouts adding 1/4 cup water & salt.
2. After cooked, pour the chana with cooking liquid in a saucepan. Add 1/4 cup water if there is no water. Saute till all the water evaporate. Let chana cool down a little.
3. While still warm (but not too hot!), add remaining ingredients.
4. Serve immediately.
Note -
1. Remember that salt is added while cooking chanas. Adjust chaat masala accordingly as it has rock salt.
2. Sometimes, instead of boiled potato, I add diced avacado. It tastes good too.
This chana chaat is my entry to JFI - Chickpeas at Sometime Foodie.
JFI event is started by Indira of Mahanandi.
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My friends, Maya & Sudeshna have passed this cool lemonade award to me. Thanks, dear friends. I would like to pass this award to Purnima, Asha, Happy Cook, Priyanka & Vaishali. Enjoy!!
13 comments:
Chat looks yumm.
Hey, that makes a one great snack for Supoer Bowl, Meera, really healthy chaat! :)
Oh, thanks for the award, enjoy your's too. Hugs to you! :))
Wow...u made it at home? Ooh I used to have it on occassional visits to Juhu (most of visits ended up wt paani puri/bhel puri etc.) But this used to b soo delicious..wt few ing.which bhaiyya used to add in a glossy mag ..hmmm refreshed those memories!! Chaat is droolofying me! :D Congrats on the lovely award..tks for passing on to me..u r a sweetheart!
Thanks a ton for the award Meera,..chat looks yum,..:-)
Congrats meera.. Healthy snack..
Hey, Love this chana chat very much .. Have some chana.. shall make it :)!!
Yes, I have tasted this too in Mumbai along with fruit chaat on the streets. Its a great snack for anytime and so filling.
Hi meera, I love healthy snacks like this. Thanks for the great entry to JFI Chickpea,
best,
ms
Happy Cook:
Glad you liked it.
Asha:
Great idea. Maybe I will make it for the superbowl.
Purnima:
Good old days na? This is one of my hubby's favorites. So whenever he is in a "chaatty" mood, I make this usually, thinking it's healthier compared to the rest of the chaats!!;-
Priyanka:
Hey, my pleasure, really!!
Ashwini:
Thanks.
Archy:
Yeah. Pretty easy to make. tastes delish. Hope you like it!!
Maya:
Oh, that fruit chaat too. I generally used to request fruitwala to give me just watermelons minus chaat masala.:-D
MS:
Thanks. Glad you liked my entry to your wonderful event.
Meera, Life's been a little crazy these last few days with too many downs, and I haven't had a chance to visit in a bit, so I am just feasting my eyes on one delicious recipe after another on your blog. Thanks for thinking of me for the award, too, because I needed that shot in the arm.
Vaishali:
I know those days very well, Sweetie!! It happens to me too...All I can say in the "Friends" style is I will be there for you....
Take a deep breath. This too shall pass.
congrats on you award. You deserve it.
Lol..I remember eating this chaat on a rainy day in bombay with all my friends huddling around the shegdi of the chaatwala cuz we were soaking wet and freezing in the rain! Such fun!
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