🇮🇳 Indian Vegetarian

Matar Chaat

Name: Matar Chaat
Prep time: 26 min
Cook time: 6 min
Total time: 32 min
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 1 cup, whisked Yogurt; to taste Salt; 2-inch piece Ginger; 1 Lemon; 2 tbsp Tamarind Paste; 1 tsp Chaat Masala; 1/2 tsp Red Chili Powder; 1 tsp Roasted Cumin; 1 cup Yellow Split Peas

🇮🇳 Indian

Delhi winter matar chaat, white peas simmered soft and spiced hard. Sweet, sour, spicy, crunchy and cold in the same mouthful — chaat logic. Perfect as an evening snack with masala chai nearby.

Prep 26 min Cook 6 min Serves 2 Easy

Ingredients

Yogurt1 cup, whisked
Saltto taste
Ginger2-inch piece
Lemon1
Tamarind Paste2 tbsp
Chaat Masala1 tsp
Red Chili Powder1/2 tsp
Roasted Cumin1 tsp
Yellow Split Peas1 cup

Optional extras

Fresh Cilantro2 tbsp, chopped

Instructions

1
Boil, fry or toast the base component until the texture is right; cool what needs cooling so the yogurt doesn't slump.
2
Sweeten and salt the whisked yogurt; street stalls lean sweeter than you'd think.
3
Layer the cooked base, then drizzle the green and tamarind chutneys in crossing lines.
4
Pour the yogurt over generously, then dust with chaat masala, roasted cumin and chili powder from a height.
5
Finish with the chaat masala, a final pinch of black salt and serve at once.

Chef's tip

Whisk the yogurt with sugar; every great chaat walla does.

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Watch how it's made

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