samosa chat

Samosa chaat is one of my must to order dish at gokul chaat in hyderabad.I love samosa chaat (ofcourse any chaats) and miss them soo much after coming to US.In my effort to get over the winter blues and beat the cold arctic air I made this chaat yesterday and it was sooo comforting.Here goes the recipe.....

Ingredients:

6 -10 samosas,(fried)

2 cups dried green peas or channa,

2 big tomatoes,

1 medium onion,

1tbs ginger garlic paste,

2tsp chole masala,

5 green chillies,

1tsp cumin powder,

1/4 tsp turmeric,

2tbs oil,

salt to taste,

1/2 tsp red chili powder,

1tsp sugar/jaggery,

coriander to garnish.

tamarind chutney,

green chutney,

plain yogurt,

chat masala

Method:

• Soak peas/channa in water for at least 4-6 hours.
• Boil tomatoes and when cooled puree them.
• Grind the onion and keep aside.
• Heat oil in a pressure cooker pan and add green chillies,turmeric and onion paste and fry.
• Add cumin powder and ginger garlic paste and fry till the raw smell of onions is gone.
• Add pureed tomato and cook for few minutes.
• To this add the soaked peas ,red chili powder and chole masala and mix well.


• Add little water and pressure cook for 1 whistle.
• Once cooled remove the whistle and cook till you get the desired thickness(like chole)
• Add sugar or jaggery and mix well.

Assembly:Take 3 tbs of peas curry in a bowl and add crumbled samosa(fried) to it.Add green chutney,tamarind chutney and plain yogurt to it.Add the finely diced onions and coriander and chat masala .enjoy your chaat.