Happpy Cooking, Enjoy - Nalini Somayaji

Happpy Cooking, Enjoy  - Nalini Somayaji

Friday, August 5, 2011

Channa -Dhahi ( Yogurt ) Chat.....

Channa - Dhahi chat is good to eat in the evenings....and its really stomach filling too..

Things Needed :
Whole Channa : 1 Cup
Dhahi : 1 Cup
Green chutney : 1 Table spoon
Sweet chutney: 1 Table spoon
Onions : 2
Carrot : 2 ( Medium size)
Green Chillies : 1
Garam Masala :1/2 Tea spoon
Chat Masala : 1/2 Tea spoon
Salt : to tasate
Coriander leaves : 1 Table spoon
Plain Potato chips or Sev : 2 Table spoon
Water : 2 Cups.

Method:
Soak Whole Channa for 2 to 3 hours and cook in pressure cooker for 10 minutes with 2 cups of water. Cool it and drain all the water from channa . Cut coriander leaves and green chilly, onions in to small pieces and grate carrot.Keep it aside.
Now Take a big bowl put cooked Channa , Dhahi , salt, cut chilly , garam masala powder and mix well. Top up with cut onions , grated carrots and coriander leaves. Spread green chutney and sweet chutney on the top. Sprinkle coriander leaves and chat masala and top up with Sev or plain Potato chips and serve...
Green Chutney preparation:
Grind green chillies , coriander leaves , pudina leaves and 1/2 tea spoon of jeera with little water .Sweet chutney preparation: Soak handful of Tamarind in hot water for 5 minutes. Squeeze out the pulp. Grind this pulp with 1 cup full of Dates. ( Use soft dates or soak dates in little water for 10 minutes ). Now put this dates and tamarind mixture in a pan and keep it on the fire and stir for 5 to 6 minutes to get thick gravy. ( Can Add 1 table spoon of jaggery to the mixture while you cook ).

Note : You can use Kabooli Channa or black chenna . Must cook nicely until its soft. Both kind of Chutneys can be stored in the fridge. If you are using Potato chips crush the chips in to small pieces and then spread on the top .

Serves : 3

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