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Spicy Chaat- Calcutta Style recipe, Indian Recipes

Tarla Dalal
06 December, 2024


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A delightful chaat that will thrill you to the core – hold it in your hand, capture a whiff of the namkeens dipped in sweet and tangy chutneys and topped with choice spices, dip your fingers and lick the chutney, take a mouthful and lose yourself in this Calcutta style spicy chaat.
Spicy Chaat- Calcutta Style recipe - How to make Spicy Chaat- Calcutta Style
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Preparation Time
45 Mins
Cooking Time
15 Mins
Total Time
60 Mins
Makes
4 plates
Ingredients
For The Pakodis
1/2 cup chilkewali urad dal (spit black gram with skin) , soaked for 4 hours and drained
1/4 cup green moong dal (split green gram) with skin , soaked for 4 hours and drained
1 tbsp roughly chopped green chillies
12 mm (1?) ginger (adrak)
1 tsp nigella seeds (kalonji)
1/4 tsp asafoetida (hing)
salt to taste
oil for deep-frying
For The Topping
3 cups fresh curd (dahi)
salt to taste
1 cup mashed potatoes
1 cup sweet chutney
1 cup green chutney
chilli powder for sprinkling
cumin seeds (jeera) powder for sprinkling
Method
For the pakodis
- Combine the urad dal, green moong dal, green chillies and ginger in a mixer and blend till smooth without using any water.
- Transfer the mixture into a deep bowl, add the nigella seeds, asafoetida and salt and mix well.
- Heat the oil in a deep kadhai, drop a little mixture and deep-fry a few, at a time on a medium flame, till they turn golden brown in colour from all the sides.
- Drain on an absorbent paper. Flatten each pakodi in between your palms and keep aside.
How to proceed
- Combine the curds and salt in a bowl and beat well. Keep aside.
- Arrange 5 papdis on a serving plate.
- Top each papdi with 1 tsp of potatoes. 1 pakodi, 1 tsp of sweet chutney, 1 tsp of green chutney and 1 tbsp of curds.
- Finally sprinkle a little chilli powder and a little cumin seeds powder over each papdi.
- Repeat steps 2 to 4 to make 7 more plates.
- Serve immediately.
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Nutrient values (Abbrv)per plate
Energy | 765 cal |
Protein | 17.6 g |
Carbohydrates | 52 g |
Fiber | 3.7 g |
Fat | 50.2 g |
Cholesterol | 24 mg |
Sodium | 45.2 mg |
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Archana M
March 13, 2025, midnight
A mouth watering, tongue tingling spicy chaat. Super chatpata with a crispy base. A very nice starter with pakodi, Curd, sweet and spicy chutney. Too good.

Leena_Dhoot
March 13, 2025, midnight
It's different chaat and would like to eat again and again!

Archana M
March 13, 2025, midnight
This spicy chaat has all the taste to tingle your taste buds sweet, sour, spicy, with a crunchy base of the papdis. i just love this recipe.