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Churmur-Chaat-calcutta
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Churmur Chaat

Churmur Chaat-a delicious crisp and easy to make snack with boiled chick peas , potatoes and few chutneys
Prep Time15 minutes
Cook Time10 minutes
Course: snacks/starters, street food
Cuisine: Bengali Cuisine
Keyword: chaat, churmur, paanipuri, puchka, puchka chaat
Servings: 3 person
Author: Anjana Chaturvedi

Ingredients

  • 20 Paani puri/ Puchka
  • 2 Boiled potatoes /aloo
  • 1/2 cup Black Chickpeas / Kala Chana boiled
  • 1/4 cup Green matar (Ghughni )
  • 2 Green chilies/Hari Mirch chopped
  • 1/4 cup Fresh Coriander / Cilantro / Hara Dhaniya
  • 1 tsp Black Salt / Kala Namak
  • 2 Lemons / Nimbu
  • 2 tbsp Green chutney

For Bhaja Masala

  • 1 tbsp Cumin Seeds / Sabut Jeera
  • 1/2 tsp Fennel Seeds / Saunf
  • 1 tbsp Coriander Seeds / Sabut Dhaniya
  • 5 Dried Red Chilli, Whole
  • 2 Green Cardamom / Hari Elaichi
  • 10 peppercorn

tamarind water

  • lemon size tamarind
  • to taste salt

Instructions

  • Soak brown chick peas and dried matar overnight.
  • Boil with salt till done.(you can use both or either kala chana or matar)
  • Peel the boiled potato and chop into small pieces or mash it roughly depending on your preference.
  • Soak tamarind in Luke warm water and mash when done. Strain the juice
  • Take a bowl add the potato pieces, add salt, black salt, green chili and fresh coriander and mash and mix.
  • Now add crushed puchkas, boiled chana or matar and mix well.
  • You can also add few mashed urad vada pieces in it.
  • Now add bhaja masala, tamarind water or tamarind chutney, green chutney and add lemon juice and mix well
  • Garnish with few crushed paani puri and fine besan sev.
  • serve immediately.