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Papri Chaat

Papri Chaat

Kankana Saxena
Papri Chat or Papri Chaat is a famous North Indian street food. Papri are flaky crackers that you can serve with yogurt, green chutney, red chutney, spiced potatoes and few other elements. It's a delicious dish that is little sweet, little spicy and have different textures.
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 25 minutes
Course Snack and Fingerfood
Cuisine Indian
Servings 0 Serves 4

Ingredients
 

  • 2 large size potatoes
  • 3 cups thick plain yogurt
  • papris
  • 1 small onion (finely chopped)
  • 1 small cucumber (finely chopped)
  • green chutney and red chutney (recipe link in notes below)
  • sev to drizzle on top
  • pomegranate
  • 3 tablespoon chaat masala powder
  • 1 tablespoon cumin powder
  • 1 tablespoon sugar
  • ½ tablespoon chili powder
  • salt to taste

Instructions
 

  • Boil or steam the potatoes and once cooled, roughly mash the potatoes or slice into small bite size. Sprinkle 2 tablespoons chaat masala, salt and chili powder and mix it around.
  • In a serving bowl, add the yogurt, cumin powder, sugar and salt to taste. Whisk and layer it on the serving plate.
  • Drizzle the green and red chutney on top.
  • Scatter the seasoned potatoes on top, followed by chopped onion and chopped cucumber.
  • Sprinkle a bit more chaat masala on top, pomegranate seeds and crunchy sev.
  • Enjoy with papris.

Notes

Variations to add:

Finding papri can be difficult if you don’t have any Indian store nearby. A good variations would be to use crunchy tortilla chips, or any savory crackers.
You can add boiled chickpeas instead of boiled potatoes.

Couple keynotes:

If you are using cucumber and tomato, make sure it doesn’t have seeds, as that will release water, spoiling the creamy texture of the yogurt potato dip.
If you are making this in advance, make sure you add the sev just before serving.

Can you make in advance ?

Papri Chat tastes best when made fresh. You can make a few hours in advance, but wouldn’t recommend making it a day in advance, as the yogurt and chopped veggies will release water with time. You can prep all the elements a day in advance and store in the fridge.

Is Papri Chaat healthy ?

If you eat in small portion and don’t indulge very regularly, then it’s fine. The crackers are deep fried, but you can make at home and air fry. Instead of adding potatoes you can add boiled chickpeas, you can reduce the carb intake.