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Chana Chaat Recipes: Chaat made from boiled gram is a great combination of taste and health. If you are bored of eating the same snacks every day and want to try something new, then these recipes are perfect for you. These 5 delicious chana chaat recipes suggested by home chefs are not only easy to make, but most of the ingredients used in them are easily available in your kitchen. Be it light hunger in the evening, making a tasty snack for children or serving something special to guests, you can prepare these spicy chaat recipes at home without much effort.

Chana Chaat Recipe

Shivani Agarwal’s Chana Chaat is a desi and nutritious snack, prepared with boiled gram, fresh vegetables and spicy chutney.

Material

• 1 cup soaked and boiled gram
• 1 tsp oregano
• 1/2 tsp red chilli powder
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1 tsp butter
• 1 cucumber (sliced)
• 1 onion (chopped)
• 1 tomato (chopped)
• 1 carrot (chopped)
• 1/2 beetroot (chopped)
• 50 grams cheese or curd
• 2 green chillies
• green coriander
• salt to taste
• lemon juice

Method

• To make chutney, grind cheese/curd, green chilli, green coriander, salt and lemon juice in a mixer.
• Heat butter in a pan and add boiled gram to it and roast it lightly.
• Add salt, red chili powder and oregano to it and mix.
• Now place roasted gram in the center of a plate.
• Garnish with cucumber, onion, tomato, carrot and beetroot all around.
• Garnish by pouring prepared chutney on top.
• Finally serve with mint leaves.

Watery Chana Chaat

Rupa Tiwari’s Paani Wali Chana Chaat is a unique recipe, in which black gram chaat has been made in a new way.

Material

• 2 cups black gram (boiled)
• 1/2 cup potato (boiled)
• 1 small onion (chopped)
• 1 small tomato (chopped)
• 1 small cucumber (chopped)
• juice of 1 lemon
• 1/2 tsp roasted cumin powder
• 1/2 tsp chaat masala
• black salt as per taste
• salt to taste
• 2 tbsp green coriander
• mint leaves
• 2–3 green chillies
• 1 inch ginger
• Tamarind (soaked)
• 1 cup cold water
• ice cubes

Method

• Mix boiled gram, potato, onion, tomato and cucumber in a bowl.
• Add roasted cumin, chaat masala, black salt, salt and lemon juice and mix.
• Add green coriander on top.
• For spicy water, grind coriander, mint, green chilli, ginger and tamarind.
• Add cold water, roasted cumin, chaat masala, black salt and salt to it.
• Add ice and refrigerate.
• Pour this spicy water over chaat and serve.

Panch Chana Chaat Recipe

Rajina’s protein-rich mix Panch Chana Chaat is made with different types of gram.

Material

• 1/4 cup kidney beans
• 1/4 cup cowpea
• 1/4 cup white peas
• 1/4 cup chickpea
• 1/4 cup black gram
• 1 pinch asafoetida
• 1 tsp cumin
• 1/2 tsp red chilli powder
• 1/2 tsp turmeric powder
• 1 tsp coriander powder
• 1 tsp dry mango powder
• 1/2 tsp oregano
• salt to taste
• 1 onion (chopped)
• 1–2 green chillies
• juice of 1 lemon

Method

• Boil kidney beans, cowpea, white peas, chickpea, black gram in a cooker.
• Heat ghee/oil in a pan, add asafoetida and cumin seeds.
• Now add all the boiled gram and beans and fry them lightly.
• Add red chilli, turmeric, coriander powder, dry mango powder, oregano and salt and mix well.
• Now take it out in a plate.
• Add chopped onion, green chilli and lemon juice and serve.

Spicy Chana Chaat

This spicy chana chaat by Kajal Maurya is a healthy and tasty recipe made with sprouted chana and fresh vegetables.

Material

• 2 cups sprouted gram
• 2 boiled potatoes
• 1 onion (finely chopped)
• 1 tomato (finely chopped)
• 1/2 cup grated carrot
• 1/2 cup grated cucumber
• 2 tbsp green chutney
• 1/2 tsp black salt
• salt to taste
• juice of 1 lemon
• 1/2 cup sev

Method

• First of all boil the sprouted grams.
• Now add boiled potatoes, onion, tomato, green chutney, black salt and salt and mix well.
• Then add grated carrot and cucumber.
• Take out the prepared chaat in a plate.
• Garnish with chopped onion, tomato, lemon juice and sev and serve immediately.

Kurmuri Chana Chaat

This Kurmuri Chana Chaat by Monica Soni is made by crushing golgappas. So let’s know its recipe.

Material

• 8-10 golgappas
• 1 cup boiled black gram
• 1 boiled potato (chopped)
• 1 onion (finely chopped)
• 1 tomato (finely chopped)
• 1-2 green chillies (finely chopped)
• 2 tbsp green coriander (chopped)
• 1/2 tsp chaat masala
• 1/2 tsp roasted cumin powder
• 1/2 tsp black salt
• 2 tbsp green chutney
• 2 tbsp sweet tamarind
• Sev (for garnish)

Method

• First of all, break the golgappas into small pieces and keep them in a plate.
• Now add boiled gram, potatoes, onions, tomatoes and green chillies.
• Sprinkle chaat masala, roasted cumin powder and black salt on top.
• Then add green chutney and sweet tamarind chutney and mix gently.
• Finally garnish with sev and green coriander and serve immediately.