One aspect of Indian cooking that I have neglected (up until now) are the notorious Indian chaats - Which, can more simply be called - Street food snacks. Indian street food comes in many weird and wonderful colours and flavours. But for today, I will be sharing how to do one of the more common chaat's, called Ragda Patties.
Indian chaats are famous for their fresh flavours, and infamous for confining those with non-Indian stomachs to the lavatory for days. Don't worry, this recipe is authentic, but not that authentic.
Indian chaats are famous for their fresh flavours, and infamous for confining those with non-Indian stomachs to the lavatory for days. Don't worry, this recipe is authentic, but not that authentic.
Ingredients
· Potatoes - 250grams
· Fresh Coriander - one bunch
· Salt - to taste
· Green Chilli - 2 pieces (diced)
· Cumin Powder
· Coriander Powder
· Red Chilli Powder
· Breadcrumbs
· Oil
· White Peas
· Green Peas
· Red Onions
· Ginger Garlic Paste
· Turmeric
· Tomato
· Fennel Powder
· Garam Masala
· Green Mint Chutney
· Chaat Masala
· Black Salt
· Sweet Samosa Chutney
· Cashew Nut Cream
· Saav
· Lime
Instructions
1. This dish can be a little spilt into two tasks. Firstly, preparing the patties, and then combining the patties with all the glorious toppings (including the famous ragda curry).
2. To make the patties is pretty simple. All you must do is mixed together mashed potatoes, finely chopped green chilli, chopped coriander, salt, coriander powder, red chilli powder (little bit only), and cumin powder, and breadcrumbs. Mix all these together, and make into the shape of patties.
3. MAKING RAGDA CURRY - Boil the white peas and green peas until they are almost full cooked (almost mushy in texture). In a pan, add diced onion, ginger garlic paste, turmeric, salt and cook for some time. After this add a little red chilli powder and tomato paste. After the tomato paste has been cooked, add a concoction of powders – Coriander, cumin and garam masala powder. In this add mint chutney sauce and then cook for longer. Once all these ingredients are cooked, you can add the white and green peas into this mixture. The curry is almost done, just add a little water to thin it out, and add black salt and chaat masala for extra flavour.
4. Now it is time to cook the patties and bring all the aspects of this dish together. Place the patties on a tava or flat-based pan (add oil) and cook them evenly on both sides.
5. It is now time to plate the dish. First, place two patties in a bowl and pour a generous amount of the ragda curry on top. Then add raw chopped red onion, raw diced tomato, mint chutney, sweet (samosa) chutney, fresh chopped coriander, cashew nut cream (this is to replaced curd), pinch of garam masala powder, bit of chaat masala (Or black salt) and finally top it off with saav and sprinkle lime juice on top.
6. Eat and witness your senses get assaulted. Done!