English Chaat

The chaat variants are all based on fried dough, with various other ingredients. The original chaat is a mixture of potato pieces, crisp fried bread dahi vada or dahi bhalla, gram or chickpeas and tangy-salty spices, with sour home-made Indian chilly, fresh green coriander leaves and yogurt for garnish, but other popular variants included aloo tikkis or samosa (garnished with onion, coriander, hot spices and a dash of curd), bhel puri, dahi puri, panipuri, dahi vada, papri chaat, and sev puri.

There are common elements among these variants including dahi, or yogurt; chopped onions and coriander; Sev (thin dried yellow salty noodles); and chaat masala, typically consisting of amchoor (dried mango powder), cumin, Kala Namak (rock salt), coriander, dried ginger, salt, black pepper, and red pepper.

A simple and healthy snack ideal for school lunch box or after school snack is English chaat or commonly known as dry fruit chaat.

Ingredients Required

Cashew Nuts

almonds

raisins

Pistachios

Melon Seeds

peanuts

Makhana / lotus seed

salt

Chaat masala

black pepper powder

namkeen (aalloo sev, bhujiya )

honey

Butter/ghee

Directions

Roast all the dry fruits separately including makhana and peanuts.

Now take a pan, add butter and heat in on a low flame. Transfer all the roasted ingredients. Mix well and add salt, chaat masala, honey,  You can also add roasted poha .

Garnish it with aaloo sev, pepper and serve hot... !!!!