Aloo Tiki Chaat

Aloo Tikki
4 boiled potatoes
Chopped cilantro leaves handful
Salt to taste
1 tbsp chili flakes
1 tsp chaat masala
1 tbsp rice flour
Oil to fry

Directions:
In a bowl add boiled potatoes (room temperature,  don't use warm potatoes), chopped cilantro,  chili flakes, chaat masala,  salt and rice flour. Mix it all together and form flat oval shape tikki or any shape of your choice.  Then heat oil in a pan and shallow fry both sides till golden brown.  Keep it aside for assembling

For Choley

1 can chick peas or use 1 1/2 cup chick pea soaked overnight and cooked for 4 whistles. 

2 tomatoes

2 green chili

1 tbsp ginger garlilc paste

1 tbsp choley masala

1 tsp chili powder

1/2 tsp turmeric

Salt to taste

1tsp cumin seeds

pinch of asafoetida (hing)

3 tbsp oil

1 cup water

Directions:

Heat oil in a pan and add cumin seeds and asafoetida. Then add ginger garlic paste let it cook till color changes. During this time in a blender add tomatoes and chili and make a puree. Once the ginger garlic is cooked, add in the puree (tomato and chili). To this add in chili powder, turmeric, water and salt.  Now let it cook till oil separates and masala is cooked. Then add in the chick peas. 

Yogurt Sauce

1 cup plain yogurt

3 tbsp sugar

1 tsp black salt

Directions:

In a bowl add plain yogurt, sugar and black salt. Whisk it together till sugar is completely dissolved. Sauce will be a little run and that's the consistency you should look for. 

Mint Chutney

1 cup mint

1/2 cup coriander (cilantro) leaves

1/2 inch ginger

2 green chilies

1/2 slice lemon juice

Salt to taste

Directions:

In a blender add mint leaves, coriander leaves, ginger, green chili, lemon juice and salt. Blend it all together. Check for spice and salt at this point and adjust as per taste. 

Sweet and Sour Chutney

1/3 cup tamarind

3 cups water

3 cup sugar

1/2 tsp red chili powder

1/2 tsp ginger powder

1/2 tsp cumin powder

1/2 tsp chaat masala

pinch of mango powder

pinch of black salt

Directions:

Heat water, sugar and tamarind in a pot. Bring it to a boil and then add in chili powder, ginger powder, cumin, chaat masala, mango powder and black salt. Cook it all together till the sauce becomes slightly thick. Then turn off the heat and keep it aside. The sauce will thicken even after you keep it aside so do not over boil the sauce. 

Toppings:

Chopped onions, chili powder, chaat masala, chopped coriander leaves. 

Plating:

Take 2 pieces of aloo tikki in a bowl and add cooked choley and then start layering it with yogurt sauce, sweet chutney and mint chutney and top it with chopped onions, pinch of chaat masala, chili powder and coriander leaves. Enjoy your delicious homemade chaat.