SWEET POTATO CHAAT

A very quick and simple chat recipe using sweet potatoes. 

Ingredients 

• Sweet potatoes - 2 boiled and peeled
• Butter - 1 tsp
• Onions - 1 finely chopped
• Green chillies - as per taste 
• Salt - half tsp
• Chaat masala - 1 tsp
• Curd - 2 tsp
• Tamarind chutney - 1 tsp
• Pomegranate - half tsp
• Nylon sev - half tsp
• Coriander leaves 

Process

1. Boil, peel and cut the sweet potatoes into small pieces. 

2. In a pan, add butter and fry the potatoes till golden and crisp.

3. In a bowl add the fried potatoes and add onions, chillies, salt, chat masala and coriander, mix well.

4. Transfer to a serving bowl and add curd, tamarind chutney at the top. Garnish with pomegranate, sev and coriander. Enjoy.

P.S. The recipe reel is up on my Instagram page. Check it out @romisrecipe

ACHARI ALOO CHAT (Potato Chaat)

Achari aloo is a very popular snack recipe and one of my favourite. The best way to enjoy potatoes is to make this spicy Achari aloo chaat and it can be ready so quickly with a few ingredients.

Ingredients

1. Baby potatoes - 10-12
2. Cumin seeds - 1 tsp
3. Mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp
4. Fenugreek seeds - 1/2 tsp
5. Fennel seeds - 1/2 tsp
6. Hing 1/3 tsp
7. Nigella seeds - 1/2 tsp
8. Dry red chilli - 1
9. Coriander leaves
10. Mumbai Sev / bhujia - 2-3 tsp
11. Curd - 2 tsp
12. Green chutney
13. Tamarind chutney
14. Oil
15. Salt to taste

Process

1. To start with, dry roast the cumin seeds and all other seeds mentioned in the ingredients along with dry red chilli. Grind into powder, not very fine powder.

2. Boil the baby potatoes and cool it down and remove skin. Make small dots using a tooth pick or fork. 

3. Now heat oil in a pan and add mustard oil. Heat up the oil and add potatoes and fry them for 2-3 minutes. Once they are properly fried add this prepared masala and cook for few more minutes. You can serve this Achari aloo with roti paratha also.

4. For making the chaat, place the Achari aloo on a serving dish, spread curd, green chutney (recipe on my blog), tamarind chutney (recipe on my blog) and Mumbai sev. Serve immediately.