DESCRIPTION:

Papdi chaat or papri chaat, paapri chaat is a popular traditional fast food and street food from the Indian subcontinent, notably in North India, Bangladesh and Pakistan. Many various additional dishes throughout India are also referred to as papri chaat. Some restaurants in the United States serve the traditional version of the dish.

Papri chaat is traditionally prepared using crisp fried dough wafers known as papri, along with boiled chick peas, boiled potatoes, yogurt and tamarind chutney and topped with chaat masala and sev. The papri are typically prepared with refined white flour and ghee or oil. Mint, cilantro and spices may also be used. The dish has sweet, sour, tangy and spicy flavors and a creamy and crunchy texture.

PREPERATION:

Preperation time: 15 mins
Cooking time: 15 mins

INGREDIENTS:

-15 papdi / puri 
-1 medium to large potato boiled or   
 steamed & chopped
-½ cup moong sprouts or kabuli chana
-½ cup thick fresh curd/ dahi / yogurt
-1 tbsp sugar for dahi
-1 medium onion chopped finely
-fresh coriander leaves chopped
-½ cup nylon sev
-¼ tsp roasted cumin/ jeera powder
-¼ to ½ tsp chaat masala

STEPS:

1. Use thick & fresh dahi for making 
   this. Add little sugar to mildly   
   sweeten it. 
2. Beat well until the curd turns 
    smooth.
3. Place the papdis in individual serving 
    plates or if using large papdi break it 
    into 2-3 pieces.
4. Place chopped or mashed boiled  
    potatoes.
5. Add moong sprouts or kabuli chana    
    ( boiled ).
6. Add a good amount of garlic chili 
    chutney. Then sprinkle some red chili 
    powder over the potatoes. Garlic 
    chili chutney adds a punch to the papdi 
    chaat.
7. Add freshly chopped onions.
8. Add dahi as desired.
9. Add green chutney as desired.
10. Add tamarind dates chutney.
11. Sprinkle cumin / jeera powder and 
     chaat masala.
12. Sprinkle generous amount of nylon 
     sev and then chopped coriander 
     leaves and now serve the papdi 
     chaat.

Servings: 2-3