Tangy, crunchy, layered street snacks built around chutneys, yogurt and spice.
Chaat · North India
Spiced mashed-potato patties with a crunchy brown crust and a soft middle, pan-fried and then dressed with a spoonful of chickpea gravy, cool yogurt, two chutneys and fine sev.
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Puffed rice folded together at the very last moment with diced vegetables, thin sev and two chutneys, then served while each grain is still crunchy and loose.
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A tangy, crunchy East Indian chaat in which broken puri and puffed rice are mixed with seasoned potato, chutney and tamarind water, a close cousin of Kolkata's puchka.
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Boiled or grilled corn tossed with onion, tomato, coriander, lime and chaat masala, a light and fast snack that vendors sell from carts throughout India.
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Hollow, crunchy puris holding spiced potato and chickpeas, covered with whisked yogurt, tamarind and green chutneys, sev and pomegranate, and eaten cold within moments of being put together.
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Ripe seasonal fruit tossed with lime, chaat masala and a little black salt, so the sweetness of the fruit gets a salty, sour counterweight.
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Hollow, crunchy semolina shells stuffed with spiced potato and chickpeas, then filled with sharp mint water or sweet tamarind water at the last second and eaten in a single bite.
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Puffed rice shaken together with mustard oil, raw onion, green chilli, peanuts, cucumber and tomato, then finished with lime and handed over in a paper cone.
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Sturdy fried crackers made from wheat and gram flour, broken over a plate and covered with spiced potato, chickpeas, whisked yogurt, two chutneys and a heap of sev, to be eaten with a spoon.
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Shallow-fried potato patties with a crisp crust, set in a brothy, gently spiced white pea curry and topped with tamarind and green chutneys, chopped onion and fine sev.
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Little flat, crunchy puris piled with diced potato, onion and tomato, streaked with sweet-sour tamarind and sharp green chutney, then buried under a good handful of fine sev.
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