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Basket Chaat - A treat on festivals

Nov-05-2016
Kriti Singhal
30 minutes
Prep Time
30 minutes
Cook Time
4 People
Serves
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ABOUT Basket Chaat - A treat on festivals RECIPE

Basket Chaat is a unique way of serving the traditional Chaat. Instead of regular plates or pattas, a potato nest or basket is prepared and then Tikkis, Chutneys, Potatoes, Matar etc are sprinkled all over.

Recipe Tags

  • Veg
  • Medium
  • Festive
  • North Indian
  • Frying
  • Snacks

Ingredients Serving: 4

  1. 1. For Potato Basket-3 medium sized Potatoes
  2. 1 bowl chilled water
  3. 2 Tbsp Cornflour
  4. Salt to taste
  5. oil to fry
  6. 2. For Tikkis-1 big sized Beetroot – Grated
  7. 1 cup spinach – Finely Chopped
  8. 1 potato – Boiled and mashed
  9. 1 cup peas – Boiled
  10. 1 inch ginger – Finely chopped
  11. 1/2 cup Fresh Coriander leaves – Finely Chopped
  12. 1 tsp garam masala
  13. 1 tsp Dhaniya powder
  14. salt as per taste
  15. Pepper powder as per taste
  16. 2 tbsp cornflour powder
  17. oil to fry
  18. 3. For White Peas- 2 cups dry white peas – Soaked and Boiled
  19. 1 tsp Salt
  20. 1 tsp garam masala powder
  21. 1 tsp amchur powder
  22. A pinch of astoefida
  23. 4. For Meethi Chutney – Sonth
  24. 2 cup Imli water – Soak imli overnight in water and drain in the morning. Save water.
  25. 2 medium sized Jaggery
  26. Red chilli powder
  27. 4-5 dates – finely chopped
  28. 1 tsp ginger – finely chopped
  29. A pinch of astoefida
  30. 1 tsp cumin
  31. salt as per taste
  32. 1 tsp ghee
  33. 5. For Green Chutney
  34. 1 cup clean and fresh coriander leaves
  35. 1/2 cup mint leaves
  36. 1 medium size tomato
  37. Amchur powder
  38. Jeera powder
  39. Salt
  40. Green chillies
  41. 1 tsp ginger
  42. 1/2 tsp sugar
  43. Juice of 1 lemon
  44. 6. For Curd
  45. 1 cup thick curd
  46. 2 tsp sugar
  47. For Garnishing
  48. Grated Raddish or Pomegranate seeds
  49. Red chilli powder
  50. Cumin powder

Instructions

  1. Grate the potatoes well and dip them in chilled water for 20 mins. Till then let’s prepare the chutneys and matar.
  2. Green chutney – Mix all the ingredients together and grind well in the grinder. Adjust taste accordingly.
  3. Meethi Chutney or Sonth – Heat ghee in a pan. Add astoefida, cumid seeds and ginger. Let them warm up. Add imli water and let it simmer on high. Add jaggery and spices. Add dates and let them simmer well for 20 mins.
  4. Curd – Mix curd well with sugar. Keep in the fridge.
  5. White peas – Take boiled peas. Add the spices. Mix well. Add lemon juice and mix well.
  6. Now all the accompaniments of our Basket Chaat are ready.🙂
  7. 5. For Baskets
  8. Take the grated potatoes and drain the water. Squeeze all the water out of them and spread them in a bowl.
  9. Add cornflour, salt and a tsp of oil. Mix really well.
  10. Heat oil in the kadhai. Take more oil so that there is no problem in dipping the baskets.
  11. Take the big strainer and arrange a portion of potatoes over it. Make sure the layer is not very thick and nor very thin. Arrange it well and put the 2nd strainer upon it. Now the potato layer is between the 2 strainers. ( Visualize it)
  12. Once the oil is hot, put the arrangement carefully in the oil. Don’t disturb any of the strainer else potato might come out and spread in the oil. Fry well for 3-4 mins. Be alert as it can burn very quickly.
  13. Use a cloth while holding the strainers as they will be super hot and you may get burns.
  14. Now, take it out and separate the 2 strainers.
  15. Pat the strainer with the basket lightly on the kitchen slab and your basket will be out. Don’t use force. Use knife to free the edges.
  16. Fry all the baskets with the same process.
  17. You can store these baskets for almost a week in a air-tight container.
  18. 6. For Tikkis
  19. I wanted to have a healthy tikki.. Well when it’s fried obviously it’s no more healthy still I tried my best in keeping it nutritious in terms of size, ingredients and oil. I kept the size small so that at-least we can have a control.
  20. Mix all the ingredients of the tikkis very well. Adjust salt accordingly.
  21. Mix half of the cornflour in 1/3 cup of water and keep it aside.
  22. Make small balls out of the mixture. I got almost 16 tikkis. Alaas!
  23. Shape them well. Keep them in freezer for 10 mins.Take them out. Heat oil in a pan.
  24. We will shallow fry these tikkis instead of deep frying.
  25. Dip the tikkis in cornflour mixture and shallow fry them in the pan.
  26. Fry till crisp. Your tikkis are ready.
  27. Arrange the Baskets Now all the stuff is ready and it’s time to ponder upon these delightful Indian delicacy.🙂 It’s sweet and tangy taste will definitely keep you dreaming about it throughout.
  28. Take a potato basket. Put 1 or 2 tikkis over it. Spread 1 tbsp of White peas.
  29. Spread curd, green chutney and sonth. Sprinkle red chilli powder and cumin powder. Sprinkle grated radish / coriander leaves / pomegranate seeds etc.
  30. Your Basket Chaat is ready!
  31. Guys, this basket chaat is a heart throb. You can prepare it for your kitty parties, family get togethers, office parties, children parties etc. Do try it and let me know your feedback. :)

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