Ghugni chaat is a famous street food of Kolkata. This is made with dried white / yellow peas which is then turned into spicy, chatpatta chaat.
Recipe Tags
Veg
Medium
Dinner Party
West Bengal
Simmering
Roasting
Pressure Cook
Steaming
Sauteeing
Appetizers
Healthy
Ingredients Serving: 4
2 cups – Dried white peas
1 large – potato
2 nos – Medium sized onions
1 large – Tomato, chopped
1 tsp – Ginger, finely chopped / paste
1 tsp – Red chilli powder
1/2 tsp – cumin powder
1 tsp – cumin seeds
1 tbsp – oil
salt as required
Fresh coriander, green n red chillies, lemon wedges
Instructions
Soak white peas overnight or for 6 hours and pressure cook with 1/2 tsp salt for 2 hisses and not more than that.
Boil potatoes until 80% cooked, peel the skin and dice them.
Make paste of 1 onion, and chop the other one finely.
Heat 1 tsp oil in a pan and fry the potatoes until they turn golden in color and remove them.
In the same pan add 1 tbsp oil, add cumin seeds once that’s roasted, add onion paste, ginger saute well, add chilli, cumin powder, salt mix well and cook until oil starts to float.
Add tomatoes and cook till it turns soft. Now add cooked peas, fried potatoes add the peas cooked water, cover and cook for about 10 mins or until they all turn to be soft and gravy in consistency.
In a plate add ghugni chaat, drizzle green chuntey, tamarind chutney, chopped onions, coriander, green chillies, bhaja masala, lime juice and serve hot!
Green Chutney: 1/2 cup each of Mint leaves and Coriander leaves, 1 Green chilli, 1 tsp Lemon juice, Salt / Black salt as required. Blend all with a little water and make into smooth paste.
Green Chutney: 1/2 cup each of Mint leaves and Coriander leaves, 1 Green chilli, 1 tsp Lemon juice, Salt / Black salt as required. Blend all with a little water and make into smooth paste.
Tamarind Chutney: 4 tbsp Tamarind paste dissolved in 1 cup water, 1/2 cup Jaggery, grated, 1 tsp Red chilli powder, 1/2 tsp Cumin powder and 1/4 tsp Salt / Black salt. Heat tamarind juice in a pan, add jaggery, mix well and cook till the jaggery dissolves, add chilli, cumin powder, salt and bring to boil, cool and store it.
Tamarind Chutney: 4 tbsp Tamarind paste dissolved in 1 cup water, 1/2 cup Jaggery, grated, 1 tsp Red chilli powder, 1/2 tsp Cumin powder and 1/4 tsp Salt / Black salt. Heat tamarind juice in a pan, add jaggery, mix well and cook till the jaggery dissolves, add chilli, cumin powder, salt and bring to boil, cool and store it.
Bhaja Masala: 2 tsp Cumin seeds, 2 tsp Coriander seeds, 3 Cardamom, 5 Cloves, 5 Dry Red chilli, 1 Bay leaf. Roast all, cool it and then grind to fine powder.
Bhaja Masala: 2 tsp Cumin seeds, 2 tsp Coriander seeds, 3 Cardamom, 5 Cloves, 5 Dry Red chilli, 1 Bay leaf. Roast all, cool it and then grind to fine powder.
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Soak white peas overnight or for 6 hours and pressure cook with 1/2 tsp salt for 2 hisses and not more than that.
Boil potatoes until 80% cooked, peel the skin and dice them.
Make paste of 1 onion, and chop the other one finely.
Heat 1 tsp oil in a pan and fry the potatoes until they turn golden in color and remove them.
In the same pan add 1 tbsp oil, add cumin seeds once that’s roasted, add onion paste, ginger saute well, add chilli, cumin powder, salt mix well and cook until oil starts to float.
Add tomatoes and cook till it turns soft. Now add cooked peas, fried potatoes add the peas cooked water, cover and cook for about 10 mins or until they all turn to be soft and gravy in consistency.
In a plate add ghugni chaat, drizzle green chuntey, tamarind chutney, chopped onions, coriander, green chillies, bhaja masala, lime juice and serve hot!
Green Chutney: 1/2 cup each of Mint leaves and Coriander leaves, 1 Green chilli, 1 tsp Lemon juice, Salt / Black salt as required. Blend all with a little water and make into smooth paste.
Green Chutney: 1/2 cup each of Mint leaves and Coriander leaves, 1 Green chilli, 1 tsp Lemon juice, Salt / Black salt as required. Blend all with a little water and make into smooth paste.
Tamarind Chutney: 4 tbsp Tamarind paste dissolved in 1 cup water, 1/2 cup Jaggery, grated, 1 tsp Red chilli powder, 1/2 tsp Cumin powder and 1/4 tsp Salt / Black salt. Heat tamarind juice in a pan, add jaggery, mix well and cook till the jaggery dissolves, add chilli, cumin powder, salt and bring to boil, cool and store it.
Tamarind Chutney: 4 tbsp Tamarind paste dissolved in 1 cup water, 1/2 cup Jaggery, grated, 1 tsp Red chilli powder, 1/2 tsp Cumin powder and 1/4 tsp Salt / Black salt. Heat tamarind juice in a pan, add jaggery, mix well and cook till the jaggery dissolves, add chilli, cumin powder, salt and bring to boil, cool and store it.
Bhaja Masala: 2 tsp Cumin seeds, 2 tsp Coriander seeds, 3 Cardamom, 5 Cloves, 5 Dry Red chilli, 1 Bay leaf. Roast all, cool it and then grind to fine powder.
Bhaja Masala: 2 tsp Cumin seeds, 2 tsp Coriander seeds, 3 Cardamom, 5 Cloves, 5 Dry Red chilli, 1 Bay leaf. Roast all, cool it and then grind to fine powder.
INGREDIENTS
SERVING: 4
2 cups – Dried white peas
1 large – potato
2 nos – Medium sized onions
1 large – Tomato, chopped
1 tsp – Ginger, finely chopped / paste
1 tsp – Red chilli powder
1/2 tsp – cumin powder
1 tsp – cumin seeds
1 tbsp – oil
salt as required
Fresh coriander, green n red chillies, lemon wedges
Ghugni Chaat - Reviews
Recent Reviews
4.7
24 Reviews
Priya Mishra
Sep-23-2018
Mona Santosh
Feb-02-2018
Looking yummy
Ravi Kant
Dec-27-2017
Good recipe
jyotsna
jyotsna
jyotana singh
Dec-27-2017
Sunita Gandhi
Dec-27-2017
Pushpa Taroor
Dec-26-2017
Good
Anshul Tyagi
Dec-19-2017
Namita Mishra
Oct-31-2017
:blush::thumbsup::thumbsup:
Rukhsar Siddique
Sep-15-2017
Yummy
Sidia Sidi
Sep-13-2017
Test
Murthy K.V.S
Aug-24-2017
Very nice
Pushpa kannan
Jul-23-2017
My mouthwatering..
Natasha Minocha
May-02-2017
This is awesome!
Raihan Memon
Jan-04-2017
I lk surely try this out..
Neeta Nagpal
Jan-03-2017
Delicious
Lakshmi Menon
Sep-25-2016
Coincidence! I just made ghughni today for lunch! For curry, one can add tamarind water at the end and serve garnished with cut onions and coriander leaves
Devanshi
Jun-09-2016
So Tempting!!
Robinpreet Kaur
May-27-2016
How much water we have to add for cooking peas And is these white peas means white channe
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