Missing Bombay Chat

I have always loved chat and no one can make as great tasting chat as MM sweets of Malad, I am crazy for its pani puri, shev puri, dahi puri, aloo chat and the list goes on. You wont believe it, my mouth is watering as I am writing this down. Only my sissy knows how much i love chats. But my hubby doesn't like chat all that much as he thinks they are not very healthy ( i know but i love them). So the next big thing I had to learn in US was chat. I tried making chat with the ready made chat powder where you just mix water and wow your chutney is ready. Now taste it and yucck!! its horrible really, no die hard chat fan can eat it. But making three different chutneys was a nightmare. So like all my recipes I decided to take a shortcut and make one single chat chutney. You take all the ingredients for your chutney's and grind them together and freeze it so that you are ready for a chat treat any time.
This pic is of a channa chat, which my hubby doesn't mind having as it is somewhat healthy, chick peas are high in protein then you add curds and plus the potato. Dhruv loves all these ingredients so doesn't mind eating chat only I don't add chat chutney as it is too spicy, I mix a little chutney with a lot of tomato sauce and serve him.
Here's the recipe I use, also this may be a trial and error method so start with small quantities and then once you know what taste you like, the spice, the mint, you can fix the amount of the ingredients.

200gms seedless dates
3 tbsp tamarind pulp thick
4 teaspoon red chilli powder (adjust the quantity )
1 tsp roasted cumin seed powder
1tsp coriander seed powder
7-8 garlic flakes or 3 tsp garlic paste
1 big bunch fresh green coriander leaves
1 small bunch mint leaves (again adjust i dont like the minty chutney i use less)
5 green chillis
2 tsp ginger paste or 1 inch ginger

Grind everything together and adjust the salt and spice. make portions and freeze it.

for the chana chat

100 gms boiled chick peas
1 cup curd
1 potato mashed
nylon sev
fried nuts
chat masala
crushed puri or pani puri puris or potato chips anything crunchy
fresh chopped coriander

Spread the crushed puris on a plate and arrange potato on it. Now spread curds and add the chat masala, pour some chat chutney and add the channa on top. Sprinkle nylon sev and decorate with fresh coriander. Enjoy!!

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