Brown Chana Aloo Chaat

I am back on the blogging scene after a break - I lost my blogging momentum after a holiday to Italy last month. It's taken longer than expected for me to recover - I would like to blame the miserable cold weather we are having here in England :-)


After a long time I've prepared something nice that I thought of sharing with you all. As my back is hurting today, I did not want to spend long time in the kitchen. So I prepared chaat-style salad using Brown Chana (a type of chick pea). My DH is fan of whole beans and lentils, so I have a variety of them in my store-cupboard. I used a can of boiled Brown Chana for this salad. Here's a picture of brown Chana for your reference.

This salad is very easy to make, protien-packed and very tasty as well. You can eat it on its own or serve it as a side-dish.

Brown Chana Chaat

Ingredients

1 can of Brown Chana or 1/2 cup of dry brown chana soaked overnight and boiled
1 medium Potato - boiled and cubed
1 small onion chopped
1 tomato - chopped
1 tbsp finely chopped fresh coriander leaves
1/2 tsp Chilli Powder
1/2 tsp Cumin Powder
1/2 tsp Amchur Powder / Chaat Masala
Salt to taste
Fine Sev for crunch (optional)
Juice of Half Green Lime
1 tsp oil

Method

• If you are using canned Chana, then drain the water and wash the chana to remove excess salt.
• In a pan, take about 1 tsp oil and toast the boiled chana. Add the chilli powder, salt and cumin powder. Roast it for couple of minutes. This step is optional, but I prefer lightly toasted Chana.
• Take the chana in a large bowl. Add rest of the ingredients and mix well. Adjust salt and chilli-powder as per your liking.
• Finally, squeeze juice of half lime. Mix again and serve.