Cornflakes chaat recipe – Super easy snack that you can make just under 10 minutes using pantry staples. There is no cooking involved here and is so quick to put together. Years ago I made this cornflakes chaat for the first time and was surprised at how good it tasted. It is kids’ friendly too if you minus the green chilies.

Like most Indians we too love chaats at home and often make different kinds like bhel puri, aloo chaat, pani puri and dahi vada. Most of these require making the chaat chutneys like tamarind chutney and green chutney.

I said this cornflakes recipe is super easy since it can be made even without these chutneys the way I made here in this post. However if you have the ready chutney in your refrigerator you can use them. I have the instructions for both in the recipe card.

You can also replace the cornflakes with wheat flakes or millet flakes. Ensure you use ready to eat flakes that are crisp.

How to make

Here is what I used

2 soft dates (mashed & chopped)
1 medium tomato chopped
1 green chilli deseeded and chopped
2 tablespoons fine chopped onions
chaat masala
red chilli powder
few coriander leaves
salt. You can tweak the recipe, with addition of other ingredients like peanuts, roasted gram/ potukadali/ putnalu, cucumber, hot ghee, cumin powder, lemon juice, honey or even tulsi or mint leaves, whatever to sooth your taste buds.

Mix all of the ingredients and squeeze up a bit so they release moisture. I used medjool date which are very soft as it is. So I could make this instantly. If your dates are harder, you might need to soak them for a while with tomato and other ingredients to soften. Or just use honey instead of dates.

Add the cornflakes to the mushy mixture and mix it well. My personal choice is to use 1/4 tsp of cumin powder, chaat masala and a tsp of hot ghee sprinkled over the ready chaat. It emits a good aroma.