Papdi Chaat Recipe Swasthi S Recipes

You will find different versions of papdi chaat, I am sharing the simplest and easy one for making at home. To make papdi chaat, papri/ puri is the main ingredient which can be made at home or store bought. There are so many kinds of papdis available in the market like baked, fried, frozen and ready to fry or bake. These are either made with plain flour or whole wheat flour/atta. Since making these is a bit of work, I decided to use the store bought ones which were quite good as they were vacuum sealed. It is mainly the assembling part which I am showing in this post. If you have all the ingredients ready, assembling doesn’t take much time. If you plan papdi chaat for a party or a get together then all you need is just assemble them. Making any chaat at home is easy, hygienic, healthy and can be made to suit our taste. For more Chaats and street foodsBatata vadaSev puriMasala pavMisal pavAloo tikki

How to Make Papdi Chaat (Stepwise Photos)

Prepare chutneys

To make green chutney, add coriander, mint, garlic, ginger, chili, cumin, salt and lemon juice to a mixer jar along with fried gram. Add water as needed and blend to a fine chutney. You can find the detailed post on green chutney here.
To make tamarind chutney, soak tamarind, jaggery and dates if using 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. You can add more or less jaggery as needed.
If you do not prefer garlic chilli chutney, then sprinkle some red chili powder over the potatoes. But garlic chili chutney adds a punch to the papdi chaat. To make garlic chilli chutney – pour hot water to red chilies and soak them until they soften. Blend them along with garlic & very little sugar to reduce pungent taste. Use water as needed and blend to a thick paste.

Prepare Dahi (Yogurt)

We need thick & fresh dahi for making this. Add little sugar to mildly sweeten it. You can also use powdered sugar.
Beat well until the curd turns smooth.

Assemble Dahi Papdi Chaat

Place the papdis in individual serving plates. If you are using large papdis or making for kids, you can break each of them to 2 or 3 as well.
Place chopped or mashed boiled potatoes. Do not use refrigerated boiled potatoes, it is unhealthy. I boiled them in a pot of water until just done. Make sure they do not turn mushy. Slice or chop them.
Add moong sprouts, these are optional. I steamed them in a pot.
Add a good amount of garlic chili chutney. You can add water to all the 3 chutneys and bring to a slightly thick but pouring consistency. We prefer it thick since the chutney will turn runny after adding yogurt to the serving plate.
Add freshly chopped onions.
Add dahi as desired.
Add green chutney as desired. I added a generous amount of lemon juice while making the chutney. Even then the chutney discolored I guess it is the mint/ pudina. You can add water to your green chutney to make it runny. Here again I added it thick.
Add tamarind dates chutney.
Sprinkle cumin / jeera powder and chaat masala.
Sprinkle generous amount of nylon sev and then chopped coriander leaves. Serve papdi chaat right away after assembling.