Aloo Chaat | How to make Aloo Chaat - by foodogger

Aloo Chaat

Aloo chaat is fried crisp potatoes tossed in spicy and sweet chutneys, a few ground spice powders, and then topped with curd, pomegranate arils, and serve. It is a popular street food snack.

Ingredients:-

For frying potatoes

• 250 grams potatoes or 2 large or 3 medium potatoes
• 4 tablespoons oil for shallow frying

Other ingredients

• ¼ teaspoon black pepper powder
• ½ teaspoon Kashmiri red chili powder
• ½ teaspoon roasted cumin powder
• ½ teaspoon dry mango powder (amchur powder)
• ½ teaspoon chaat masala powder
• black salt or pink salt or white salt as per taste
• 1 tablespoon finely chopped mint leaves
• 2 tablespoons finely chopped coriander leaves
• ½ teaspoon finely chopped green chilies or 1 green chili – optional
• 1 tablespoon Tamarind Chutney or add as required
• 1 to 2 teaspoons lemon juice or add as per taste
• 1 to 2 tablespoons pomegranate arils for garnish - optional

Instructions:-

Frying potatoes

• Rinse potatoes a couple of times in fresh water and then peel them. Chop the potatoes in small bite-sized cubes.
• Heat oil in a frying pan or Kadai (wok). Keep the heat to medium. Use any neutral oil with a high smoking point to fry the potato cubes.
• Add the potato cubes. You can fry potatoes in one or two batches depending on the size of the pan or Kadai.
• When one side becomes lightly golden, turn over and fry the second side. Keep on turning the potatoes as required for even frying.
• Fry till the potatoes turn crisp and golden. Make sure to fry well so that the potato cubes are not raw or half-cooked from the center.
• Remove with a slotted spoon. place the fried potatoes on kitchen paper towels.

Making aloo chaat

• When the potatoes are still hot, take them in a mixing bowl.
• Add all the spice powders mentioned above. You can adjust spice powders as per your requirements.
• Also, add black salt or white salt as per taste. 
• Add the finely chopped mint leaves and coriander leaves. 
• At this step, you can also add finely chopped green chilies. Note that green chilies give pungent and hot notes while eating. Add only if you can eat raw green chilies. 
• Toss and mix well.
• Then add sweet tamarind chutney and lemon juice.
• Toss and mix everything very well, so that the chutney, spice powders, and lemon juice are evenly coated on the fried potatoes.
• Place the aloo chaat in a serving bowl. While serving you can garnish with some pomegranate arils. You can also garnish with sev if you want.
• Serve aloo chaat as an evening snack or a starter snack.

Nutrition:-

Calories: 160kcal | Carbohydrates: 17g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 9g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Sodium: 66mg | Potassium: 377mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 4g | Vitamin A: 190IU | Vitamin C: 13.6mg | Calcium: 33mg | Iron: 3.2mg