This is a lovely refreshing chaat that binds unusual ingredients together with yoghurt and tamarind.
Ingredients
- 12 – 14 ozs carton bio/Greek full fat yoghurt, remove into a bowl, add half a cup of water/milk and mix well with a fork, season with salt, pepper and coarsely ground red chillies
- 10oz tinned chick peas, rinsed and drained
- 2 cups potatoes boiled and diced into 1in cubes
- 1 cup finely chopped fresh spring/white/red onion
- make green chutney or use readymade bottled green chillie and coriander paste
- readymade Mexican tortillas cut into 4in long slices and deep fry until crisp
- make tamarind sauce or use readymade bottled Tamarind sauce
- make chaat masala or use readymade chaat masala
- 1 cup fresh green coriander sliced
Method
- Place the spiced yoghurt in a wide serving dish.
- Add a generous porition of fried tortilla strips.
- Sprinkle the chick peas, potatoes and onions onto the yoghurt.
- Sprinkle the green chutney on top of the mixture, add more fried strips.
- Now add generous helping of tamarind sauce.
- Sprinkle chaat masala and fresh coriander.
- This needs to be served as soon as assembled or it will turn soggy.
All the ingredients can be prepared in advance, the assembly can be done just before serving.
