Channa Chaat in Potato Nest
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Recipe type: Appetizer
Cuisine: Indian
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Ingredients
Potato Nest
  • 1 Large Potato ( shredded )
  • Salt
  • Black Pepper
  • 1-2 ts Corn Starch (for Binding)
  • Oil
Chhole Chat Layer:
  • 200gm Soaked & Boiled Chickpeas (kabuli chana chola)
  • 1 Onion Finely Chopped (Small Size)
  • ½ Tbs Ginger Paste
  • 1 Medium Sized Tomato (Chopped)
  • 1 tbs Vegetable Oil
  • Red Chili Powder
  • Sugar ( Pinch of )
  • Salt
Potato Chat:
  • 3 Boiled Medium Sized Potato
  • 11/2 ts Roasted Cumin & Coriander Powder
  • ½ ts Amchur Powder
  • ½ Chaat Masala
  • 1 ts Lime Juice
  • Red Chili Powder
  • Black Salt
  • ½ tbs Vegetable Oil
Sweet Tamarind Chutney:
  • 70gm Tamarind
  • ½ Teaspoon Roasted Cumin Powder/Jeera Powder
  • pinch of Salt ( as per taste )
  • 4-5 tbs Sugar ( adjust as per your taste ) [the_ad id="2092"]
Extra
  • Chopped Red Onion
  • Chopped Cilantro
  • Thin Sev
  • Papdi
  • Teaspoon Red Chili Powder
Instructions
Chhole Chat:
  1. Let’s first make the Chhole Chat. You need to soak & boil the Chickpeas/Chhole. You can also buy the canned Chickpeas from local grocery store. They are all ready to be cooked.
  2. Heat a skillet, add Vegetable Oil. Once the oil is hot enough, add the onion and stir for few mins. Once the onions become transparent add the ginger and stir for few more mins.
  3. Add the chopped Tomato and red chili powder. Stir for few mins.
  4. Add the Soaked & Boiled Chickpeas, mix everything. Add Salt and pinch of sugar.
  5. Let everything cook, stir frequently. Once all the water (if any from the tomato) has been evaporated and the Chhole is dry enough turn off the flame and keep the Chhole Chat aside.
  6. You need to adjust the salt and sugar as per your taste here.
Potato Chat
  1. Cut the boiled potato in small cubes. Mix all the ingredients expect the oil with the potato cubes.
  2. Heat a skillet, add ½ tbs Vegetable Oil, add the potato mixture and stir gently [be careful not to smash the potato cubes] for few mins.
  3. Keep the Potato Chat aside.
Potato Nest
  1. Once the Potato has been shredded, wash it in cold water few times.
  2. Squeeze by hand to extract all the water. Use paper towel to soak the excess water and transfer the shredded in a bowl.
  3. Add Salt, Black Pepper Powder and Corn Starch, mix gently.
  4. Heat enough oil in a deep frying pan. In order to make the nest I have used two metal strainers. You need to get them in two sizes so that they can fit in each other properly with a small gap to hold the potato.
  5. At first, take the larger metal strainer, make a thin layer of potato, then place the relatively smaller strainer on top of it, so that it will help to hold the potato layer in the shape of the strainer.
  6. Now once the oil is hot, you need to dip both the strainer together in oil. Once the potato if fried it will be crispy. Take the strainer out of the oil and keep it for a moment to cool it down.
  7. Then gently take the strainers out of the potato, and you will have the next/basket ready. Repeat this process to make as many as nest/baskets required. The first one may take time, however the consecutive ones will be much faster.
Sweet Tamarind Chutney
  1. Soak the Tamarind in the water for a few minutes and then squeeze the pulp from the tamarind, keep it aside. Then heat the cooking pan/skillet in a lower heat and put the tamarind pulp into it. Add sugar, pinch of salt and stir the pulp continuously. Put roasted cumin powder/jeera powder when it has almost completed. [the_ad id="2092"]
Final Step
  1. Its time to serve your Papdi Chaat in Potato Nest / basket.
  2. Take one Nest, arrange few chhole (Chickpeas) chaat. Arrange the Potato Chat on top of it, next break & add the Papdi. Add Tamarind Chutney on top of it.
  3. Finally add the Thin Sev,Chopped Cilantro and pinch of red chili powder for decoration.
  4. Serve your Papdi Chaat in Potato Nest few at a time.
Nutrition Information
Serving size: 6-8
Recipe by Fun Love and Cooking at https://www.funloveandcooking.com/papdi-chaat-potato-nest-recipe/