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Khatti meethi Imly ki chutney is a delicious chutney made with tamarind. It is an essential ingredient to make chaats. It can be made with either jaggery or sugar. I like to add both jaggery and sugar in my chutney, but the amount of jaggery is more. Here is the recipe. All you need is Tamarind - 100 g Jaggery - 100 g ( broken into small pieces ) Sugar - 2 tbsp Black salt - 1 tsp Roasted cumin powder - 1\2 tsp Red chili powder - 1\4 tsp Coarse fennel powder - 1 tsp Dry ginger powder - 1\2 tsp Raisins - 1 tbsp Dry dates \ Chuhare - 3-4 ( soaked in hot water for 10 minutes and chopped ) Method of preparation Heat 5-6 cups of water in a pan. When it comes to a boil, switch off the heat. Add the tamarind in the water and keep aside for an hour. With your hands, mash the tamarind in water. Pass it through a soup strainer and try to take out as much pulp as possible. Put the mixture on heat. Add jaggery, sugar, black salt, roasted cumin powder, fennel powder, dry ginger powder, raisins and d...

Who doesn't love chaat? Most people whom I know are big fans of chaat items and keep visiting their favorite outlets for devouring this Indian street food. The only drawback with eating chaat outside is the low level of hygiene which is not good for our health. But do you know that it is very easy to make all the chaat items at home without compromising on taste and hygiene. Today I made a simple chaat, Dahi puri which is basically puri or the gol gappa topped with various chutneys, masalas and dahi or yogurt. The taste was  outstanding and with all the ingredients prepared beforehand, it was assemblds in just a few minutes. Here is the recipe. All you need is Gol gappe \ Puri - 30-40 Boiled potatoes - 1\2 cup ( cut into small cubes ) Boiled black gram \ kale chane - 1\2 cup ( soak for a few hours before boiling ) Boiled whole moong - 1\4 cup ( soak for a few hours before boiling ) Curd - 1 cup Salt - 1\2 tsp Chaat masala - 1\2 tsp Roasted cumin powder - 1\4 tsp Red chili powder - ...

All of you must have made Chaat using potatoes and have relished it. I have done a little change and used Sweet potatoes instead of potatoes and the result was a yummilicious, spicy and tangy chaat. If you have the chutneys ready, the chaat can be assembled in just a few minutes. Here is the recipe. All you need is Shakarkandi \ Sweet potato - 1\2 kg Oil \ Ghee - 2 tbsp Coriander and mint chutney - 1\4 cup ( recipe is here ) Tamarind chutney - 1\4 cup Curd - 1\2 cup Salt to taste Roasted cumin powder - 1 tsp Red chili powder - 1\2 tsp Chaat masala - 1 tsp Green chili - 1 ( chopped ) Green coriander - 2 tbsp ( chopped ) Lemon juice - 2 tbsp Pomegranate seeds - 1\4 cup Nylon sev - 1\4 cup Method of preparation Wash the shakarkandi nicely. Pressure cook for one whistle. Peel and cut into small pieces. Add ghee or oil in a pan and fry it till slightly golden brown. Remove from the pan. Arrange the shakarkandi in the serving plate. Top with the coriander chutney. Sprinkle the tamarind chut...