Kabuli Chana Chaat - High Protein Snack of Chickpea Chaat

Surkhab Khan

December 2, 2018

12016 Ratings

Time:Prep: 0 M|Cook: 20 M|Total: 20 M

Makes:4 Servings

Meal:Snack

Cuisine:North Indian Recipes

Chana Chaat is a delicious high protein chaat recipe made using chickpeas. Boiled chickpeas are tossed along with crunchy bits of tomato, cucumber and onions which gives perfect texture and flavor to the chaat. Addition of boiled potato makes the chaat filling and balances the sourness of tomatoes, lemon juice and chaat masala.

Did you know:Chickpeas make for a very nutritious and healthy diet. It reduces cholesterol, prevents constipation and helps prevent digestive disorders. Chickpeas are rich in potassium, phosphorus, magnesium and calcium. It also has impressive amounts of iron, sodium, selenium and small amounts of copper, zinc and manganese.

Serve Chana Chaat as a team time snack or as a party appetizer along with Spinach Paneer Kofta Curry, Garlic Naan and Cauliflower & Cucumber Raita

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Serve Chana Chaat as a team time snack or as a party appetizer along with Spinach Paneer Kofta Curry, Garlic Naan and Cauliflower & Cucumber Raita

Treat yourself with more such chaat recipes like :

Ingredients

2 Kabuli Chana (White Chickpeas), soaked for 8 hours

2 Tomatoes, finely chopped

2 Onions, finely chopped

1 Cucumber, finely chopped

1 Potato (Aloo), boiled and finely chopped

3 Green Chillies, finely chopped

3 Coriander (Dhania) Leaves, finely chopped

2 Chaat Masala Powder

1/2 Amchur (Dry Mango Powder)

3 Aloo Bhujia

1/2 Lemon juice

Salt, to taste

Instructions for Kabuli Chana Chaat - High Protein Snack of Chickpea Chaat

To begin making Kabuli Chana Chaat Recipe, soak the chickpeas for 8 hours. Pressure cook the chickpeas along with a little salt for about 25 to 30 minutes and keep aside. Click here to know How To Cook Legumes in a Pressure Cooker.

Boil the potatoes in the pressure cooker and cook until soft. Once done, peel and chop the potatoes. Allow it to cool completely.

In a Salad Mixing Bowl, add boiled and cooled chickpeas. Make sure that the chickpeas are drained and no additional water is present. Add chopped onion, tomato, boiled potatoes, and cucumber to it.

Season the Chana Chaat with chopped green chilies, freshly chopped coriander leaves, chaat masala, dry mango power and lemon juice. Add salt to taste.

Finally toss the Kabuli Chana Chaat well. Adjust the salt and chaat masala to suit your taste. You can make the Kabuli Chana Chaat spicier by adding more chopped green chilies.

Add Namkeen or Aloo bhujia on top and the delicious Kabuli Chana Chaat is ready to be served.

Serve Chana Chaat as a team time snack or as a party appetizer along with Spinach Paneer Kofta Curry, Garlic Naan and Cauliflower & Cucumber Raita