Potato Chaat

Alu Chaat.

Alu chaat is quick and easy chaat made with boiled potato. Poha mixture is layered on the sliced potato along with spicy onion mixture.

Makes: around 3 Servings of Potato Chaat.

Ingredients:

• Baby Potato 3

• Thin Poha 1 Cup

• Onion 1 Small

• Roasted Peanuts 15 app.

• Red Chile Powder 1/2 tsp

• Whole Red Chile 1 small

• Cinnamon 1/4 inch stick

• Clove 1/2

• Coriander Seeds 1 tsp

• Cilantro few sprigs

• Salt to taste

• Lemon Juice 1 tbsp

• Oil 1 tsp

Method of preparation:

• Grind red chile, cinnamon, clove, coriander seeds into fine powder using a spice blender.

• Bring to boil few cups of water, add baby potatoes and salt.

• Boil till potatoes are just soft and remove from heat.

• Cool them to room temperature and peel the potatoes.

• Slice the potatoes into thick slices.

• Mix masala powder and salt and rub on each side of the potato slice.

• Peel and finely chop the onion.

• Clean, remove hard stems and finely chop cilantro.

• Mix together chopped onion, roasted peanuts, red chile powder, salt, cilantro.

• Heat a flat pan on medium heat, add poha.

• Fry till poha is crisp. Make sure poha doesn’t change color.

• Remove from heat, add oil in the same pan while its still hot, add red chile powder and salt.

• Immediately add the poha to the oil and toss well to coat the poha with red chile powder.

• On a serving plate, arrange the potato slices.

• Layer each potato slice with poha mixture.

• And then just before serving, layer with onion mixture and lemon juice.

• Serve potato chaat immediately.

Notes: Make sure potatoes are not overcooked.

Suggestions: Adjust the spice with red chile powder. Add chopped green chiles for more spice.

Variations: Check out the previously posted recipes of various chaat here.

Other Names: Potato Chaat, Alu Chaat, Aloo Chaat.