Papri Chaat

Chaat is a street food from North India and it’s a general term that just means snack or to taste. There are several varieties of it, but my favorite is papri (or sometimes called papdi) chaat which is made from papri chips (fried dough), plain boiled chickpeas and potato, yogurt, tamarind and coriander chutney, chaat masala (has a sour bite), chili powder, onion and cilantro.

It’s perfect for a party and actually quite easy to make because you can buy a lot of the ingredients at the Indian store and just assemble. It’s a fun food because everyone can make their own and decide how much of each ingredient they want – kind of like a snack buffet but you mix it all up.

This past Sunday, my cousin, Sumanth performed music to a small group of people at my friend Busayo’s house and I brought chaat to serve to the guests. I think they liked it because people were coming up for 2nds and 3rds. Some called it Indian nachos which I was quite fine with because I have a special place in my heart for nachos:) It was such a fun Sunday:

I generally like to add a few extras to my chaat so for this party I served it with channa masala and my friend Asha’s potato curry (instead of plain chickpeas and potato), some mint chutney, Maggi Tamarina Sauce, lime and tomato in addition to the rest of the ingredients. One thing that I forgot though was sev – which are tiny little fried strands of chickpea flour. In Indian markets there is a whole section usually of these fried snacks and sometimes sev is referred to as “bhujia.”

 

 

This is the recipe for the chickpeas I made that day:

 

 

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7 Responses to Papri Chaat

  1. meeso says:

    Everything looks and sounds so delicious… you are showing a couple of my favorites 🙂

  2. Anonymous says:

    looks so delicious! man that guy playing guitar is oso pretty too.

  3. Dad says:

    Great recipes. Literally, the word “chaat” means “to lick”. So, an English translation should be “finger-licking” food.

  4. yummy..love chat..looks delicious.

  5. Aparnature says:

    this is a great concept for a party. i think i’m going to steal it.

  6. Busayo says:

    This looks so good. And it tasted pretty damn yummy too. I absolutely loved it (I had 3 plates).

  7. i made this channa masala tonight but i didn’t have any tomato sauce on hand so I used roasted red peppers instead (i broiled them and then put them in paper bag to sweat so i could easily remove the skin). it turned out really good! Very tasty

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