Flavours Of India

We all grew up loving eating those mouths watering street chaats since childhood more than anything in this world. They are extremely tempting, alluring to eater in satisfying his hunger. but due to hectic schedules, one prefer quick made food which can be made in minutes as they hardly have time to go out and relish this scrumptious dish. So for all those chaat lovers here are some refreshing chaat recipes that can be prepared within few minutes for your loved ones and even for party occasions.

Cauliflower chaat

Ingredients:
2 cups fried cauliflower; 1/2 tsp chaat masala; 1 tsp tamarind chutney; 1 tsp red chili sauce; 1/2 tsp jeera powder

Method:

Fry the cauliflower and toss well with sauces, chutney, chaat masala and jeera powder and salt to taste. Now arrange it on platter.

Chauli chaat

Ingredients:
1 cup boiled chauli; 1/2 tsp chaat masala; 1/2 tsp red chili powder; 1 tsp green chili (chopped), 1 tsp mint chutney; rock salt to taste

Method:

Boil the chauli and mix chaat masala, red chili powder now add mint chutney for its flavor and then season it with rock salt and chopped green chilies. Toss the whole mixture well and then arrange n a platter.

Bhajiya chaat

Ingredients:
1 cup fried assorted bhajiyas; 1 tbsp schezuan sauce; 1 tbsp whipped curd; 1 tbsp chaat masala

Method:

Fry the bhajiyas and break them into smaller pieces and top with the schezuan sauces and curd. It’s now ready to serve on the platter.

Channa dal chaat

Ingredients:
1 cup boiled channa dal;1 tsp coriander leaves(chopped);1 tsp onion(chopped);1 tbsp tomatoes(chopped);1 tsp chaat masala;1/2 tsp red chili powder;1 tbsp tomato ketchup

Method:

Mix channa dal with finely chopped onion, tomatoes and add chaat masala, chili powder to it. Season it with tomato ketchup and serve on the platter.

Aloo chaat

Ingredients:
1 cup boiled diced potatoes; 1 small onion (chopped); 1 small tomato (chopped); 1 tsp coriander leaves (chopped); 1 tsp chaat masala; 1 tbsp tomato ketchup; 1 tbsp imli chutney

Method:

Mix finely chopped onions, coriander leaves and tomatoes to boiled potatoes. Add tomato ketchup and imli chutney and sprinkle chaat masala to taste. Mix all well and serve on the platter.

In a world where long hours at work are the norm and home-cooked meals seem like an indulgence, here comes rescue to all the office goers. Though you can’t be promised a 15 minute food break, but here are some gourmet lunches that would take not more than 15 minutes to prepare. So what are you waiting for? Go for such scrumptious dishes.

Old house snack (Fried sandwiches)

Ingredients:
4 bread slices; 100gm grated mozzarella cheese; 100gm grated cheddar cheese; 1 Tbs chopped coriander; 2 chopped green chilies; 1 tbs fresh cream;2 beaten eggs;50ml milk; oil for deep frying; salt and pepper to taste.

Method:

Put cheese, fresh cream, coriander and green chillies in a bowl and mix. Cut bread crusts and evenly spread the cheese mixture on two bread slices. Cover with remaining two bread slices and press down to seal. Mix the eggs and milk and pour into baking dish. Soak the sandwiches in this for about two minutes. Heat oil in large saucepan. Squeeze the edges of the sandwiches shut. Place them in the oil and deep fry for two minutes. Remove, drain oil and it’s ready to be packed.

Brenz and nick corn salad

Ingredients:
100gm refrigerated boiled sweet corn or canned sweet corn;1/2 tsp vinegar;1/2 tsp olive oil;1 small boiled potato;1 tomato;1 pineapple slice; ½ a banana;1/2 tsp lemon juice;1/2 small iceberg lettuce; salt and pepper to taste;1/2 tbs French mustard;100ml sour cream;1/2 tbs milk; paprika to taste.

Method:

Drain sweet corn and place in a bowl. Mix together with vinegar, olive oil and seasoning. Cover and keep aside. Peel and dice potato, pineapple, tomato, and banana. Place all these mix in a bowl, with lemon juice. Mix dressing ingredients and add to potato mixture. Line carry-box with lettuce leaves and spoon mixture around edges. Pile sweet corn in centre. It’s ready to eat.

Tomato and cottage cheese salad

Ingredients:
1 cup cherry tomatoes;1 cup cottage cheese diced;1/4 cup olive oil;1/2tsp paprika flakes;1 tbs lime juice;1 tsp mustard paste;1 tsp chaat masala;1 cup lettuce leaves.

Method:

Cut the cottage cheese into neat dices similar in size to the cherry tomatoes. Chill the cottage cheese and tomatoes separately until used. Now, in a bowl mix the olive oil; paprika; mustard paste; salt to taste; chaat masala; lime juice and toss well. Mix the dressing, tomatoes and cottage cheese and toss well. Arrange the same on a platter lined with crispy iceberg and lollorosso lettuce leaves. Serve chilled.