Layered, tangy street snacks built on chutney, yogurt and a hit of spice.
Chaat · North India
A spiced potato patty, craggy and dark gold at the edges from the griddle, soft at the centre, then buried under yogurt, two chutneys, a spoon of light chickpea curry and a handful of sev.
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Deliberately broken puri and puffed rice mixed with spiced potato, chutney and a generous amount of tamarind water, built so crunch and tang land together in the same bite.
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Boiled corn, or kernels stripped off a grilled cob, tossed with onion, tomato, coriander, lime and chaat masala — about as fast and simple as chaat gets.
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Hollow fried puri shells packed with spiced potato and chickpeas, topped with cool whisked yogurt, both chutneys, sev and pomegranate, meant to be eaten within moments of assembly.
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Hollow, crackly semolina shells packed with spiced potato and chickpeas, then plunged into cold herb water or sweet tamarind water in the second before each bite.
View Recipe →No-Cook Street Mix · East India
A vigorous hand-toss of puffed rice with mustard oil, raw onion, green chilli, peanuts, cucumber and tomato, brightened with lime and handed over in a paper cone.
View Recipe →Chaat · Pan-India
Seasonal fruit gets tossed with lime, chaat masala and a pinch of black salt, so savoury tang cuts against the natural sugar.
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Puffed rice, chopped vegetables, crunchy sev and two chutneys, mixed together only seconds before eating so nothing has the chance to turn soft.
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Sturdy wheat-and-gram-flour crackers piled with spiced potato, boiled chickpeas, whisked yogurt, both chutneys and crunchy sev — a full plate, not individual bites.
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Pan-fried potato patties bathed in a soupy, gently spiced white pea curry, finished with tamarind and green chutneys, raw onion and crunchy sev.
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Flat fried papdi stacked with diced potato, raw onion and tomato, marked with two chutneys and finished under a heavy scatter of fine sev.
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