Papdi Chaat Recipe (Papri Chaat)
Also known as Dahi papdi chaat, this is a popular street snack from North India. Crisp fried puris are topped with mung beans sprouts or chickpeas, yogurt, sweet, sour and sour chutney. It is finished with a garnish of crispy sev.
© Swasthi's Recipes
Servings: 5
Ingredients
- 15 papdi or puri (baked or fried)
- 1 medium potato boiled or steamed & chopped or air fried
- ½ cup moong sprouts or white chickpeas (boiled or steamed, optional)
- ½ cup curd thick, fresh / dahi / yogurt
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 1 medium onion chopped finely
- 2 tablespoons coriander leaves fine chopped
- ½ cup nylon sev
- ¼ to ½ teaspoon roasted cumin powder (or 1 teaspoon cumin seeds, refer notes)
- ½ teaspoon chaat masala
For Green Chutney
- 2 cup coriander leaves
- ½ to ¾ cup mint leaves (pudina)
- 2 green chili (adjust to taste)
- ¼ inch ginger (peeled)
- 1 garlic clove (optional)
- ½ teaspoon cumin seeds (jeera)
- 1 to 2 teaspoons Lemon juice (adjust to taste)
- 1 to 2 tablespoons roasted chana dal or roasted peanuts or bread slice
- ¼ teaspoon salt (adjust to taste)
- 1 to 2 tablespoons water (only as needed)
For Tamarind Chutney
- ¼ cup tamarind (seedless)
- ½ cup jaggery or ¼ cup jaggery & ¼ cup dates (seedless) (use as needed)
- Water as needed
- Salt to taste
- ¼ to ½ teaspoon ginger powder
- ½ teaspoon roasted cumin powder
- ¼ to ½ teaspoon red chili powder
- ½ teaspoon coriander powder or garam masala
For Chili Garlic Chutney or red chutney
- 12 to 14 red chilies deseeded (preferably kashmiri, not hot variety)
- 3 to 4 garlic cloves medium
- salt as needed
- ½ teaspoon sugar
Instructions
Make Green Chutney
- Add coriander, mint, garlic, ginger, chili, cumin, salt and lemon juice to a mixer jar along with fried gram (optional).
- Pour water just as needed and blend to a fine thick chutney.
Make Tamarind Chutney
- Soak tamarind, jaggery and dates (optional) in hot water.
- Boil until they soften.
- Add chili powder, cumin, coriander powder, salt, red chili or powder.
- Cool this and blend well. If needed add more water.
- Pass through a strainer. If you have not used dates you can skip blending and just pass through the strainer.
- Taste it and add more or less jaggery to suit your taste.
Make Garlic Chutney (optional)
- You can skip this section and just sprinkle some red chili powder over the potatoes.
- Add red chilies to a bowl and soak them in little hot water until they soften.
- Blend them in a small jar with garlic & little sugar to a smooth chutney.
- Use water as needed and blend to a thick paste.
How to make Papdi Chaat
- Add curd and sugar to a bowl and beat well until smooth.
- Pour water if desired to the chutneys to bring to a consistency. Thicker chutney will keep your papdis crisp.
- Place papdis in individual serving plates.
- Slice or chop the boiled potatoes and place them over the papdis.
- Next add steamed moong sprouts (optional).
- Add some garlic chilli chutney and then freshly chopped onions and then yogurt.
- Add little green chutney & then the tamarind dates chutney.
- Sprinkle a dash of cumin / jeera powder and chaat masala.
- Sprinkle generous amount of nylon sev and then chopped coriander leaves.
- Serve papdi chaat right away after assembling.
Video
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Nutrition
Calories: 506kcal | Carbohydrates: 97g | Protein: 30g | Fat: 6g | Sodium: 274mg | Potassium: 4749mg | Fiber: 16g | Sugar: 33g | Vitamin A: 5805IU | Vitamin C: 549mg | Calcium: 1276mg | Iron: 44.3mg
