Aloo Chana Chaat | Potato and Chickpea Snack
Aloo chana chaat is a vegan Pakistani and Indian street food style snack made with potatoes and chickpeas. It’s super simple to make and is a perfect blend of spice with tanginess!
Servings: 4 people
Calories: 50kcal
Ingredients
- 2 cups boiled chickpeas sufaid chole / chole
- 1 teaspoon oil
- ½ teaspoon cumin seeds zeera
- 1 teaspoon red chili powder
- Salt to taste
- 2 tablespoon tamarind pulp alternatively use tamarind chutney
- 1 green chili sliced
- 1 small onion diced
- 1 small potato boiled and diced
- 1 small tomato diced
- Chaat masala for garnish
- Coriander for garnish
Instructions
- Wash, peel and boil the potatoes till tender. Drain the potatoes, and cut into small cubes. Set aside.
- If using tamarind pulp, soak the tamarind pulp in hot water for about 15 – 20 minutes till soft. Mash the pulp with a spoon (or use your handto separate the pulp from the veins, seeds and membranes. Strain the tamarind pulp and set aside.
- Heat oil in a small frying pan or small pot and add the cumin seeds.
- Once the cumin seeds turn golden and release their aroma, add the boiled chickpeas and fry for about 3 minutes.
- Add the red chili powder and salt, followed by the tamarind pulp and fry for 2 minutes. The chickpeas should be on the dry side.
- Remove from heat and place the chickpea mixture in a medium sized bowl to cool.
- Once the mixture has cooled down add the diced potato, tomato, onion and green chili. Mix together and garnish with chaat masala and green chilies.
- Serve at room temperature.