aloo chaat recipe is a simple and easy dish that can be made during navratri or any fast. at home we prepare many delicacies during navratri and aloo chaat is one of them.
i generally don’t fast except for the first day of navratri, but my mil does and we make many fasting recipes during this time.
i plan to add some simple and easy to make vrat or fasting recipes for navratri this season. so here i present an easy recipe of aloo chaat.
this is a little spicy, tangy and crispy potato chaat. you can serve the chaat with some tamarind-dates chutney or green chutney.
if not making for navratri, then use regular salt or black salt. these can also be had as a quick snack or starters. even kids would love this snack.
if you are wondering, then in the pic, the chaat is served with mango squash. the pics are not good, as when i was taking the pics, my camera battery conked off. i had even forgotten to charge the spare battery.
so all i could take was a total of only 3 pics. but for me what counts is the recipe and i am not so particular about having the best of the best pics.
i am easy on myself as far as the pics are concerned and hence have added them.
aloo chaat recipe details below:
ingredients
- 2 medium sized potatoes
- 1/2 tsp roasted cumin powder
- 1 tsp chaat masala powder
- 1/4 or 1/2 tsp red chili powder
- 1 tsp dry mango powder
- 1/2 tsp lemon juice
- rock salt or sendha namak as required
- water for boiling the potatoes
- a few coriander or mint leaves for garnishing the potatoes
- oil for shallow frying or deep frying.
method:
- parboil the potatoes in a pressure cooker or pan in water to which some rock salt has been added.
- once the potatoes become warm or cool, then peel the skin and dice them.
- shallow or deep fry or pan fry the diced potatoes.
- drain on kitchen paper napkins.
- take the fried potatoes in a bowl.
- add all the spice powders and salt to the potatoes.
- toss the potatoes in these well.
- sprinkle some lemon juice on the potatoes.
- garnish with coriander leaves or mint leaves or both and serve aloo chaat hot or warm.
my notes
the spice powders can be adjusted to suit your taste buds.
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Hi Dasana,
I think some spices used in chaat masala are not suitable for fasting.
Hetal
Hi Hetal
it depends. in our family we use these spices. i know of some families which don’t use garam masala etc during fasting. it varies from community to community.
simply delicious n easy to make
It is a very quick n easy recipe to be made n I love potatotes very much. thank you mam for the recipe
welcome adolfina
Hi Dassana! =)
So this is the chaat masala recipe, right? I always wondered how the masala mix was done from scratch. I know somebody who makes those freshly at home but I never really enjoyed the taste that much compared to the everest masalas.
this recipe uses chaat masala. the chaat masala can be easily made at home. may be the people who made the masala did not use the correct spices, otherwise homemade ones are much much better in taste and flavor than the outside ones.
Wow these looks super quick and tempting too…!
Yum. I love all Indian potato dishes. So weird to think they are a New World vegetable, they are made for Indian spices!
Thanks for sharing this lovely recipe. Great to have it during the fasts or even as a quick snack.
thanks mina ji. this is is a nice recipe to have as a quick snack during fasts or even regular days