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Aloo (Potato) Papri Chaat is an excellent snacks item which is extremely popular among teens as street food. But not necessarily, now you can make this at home (albeit it does take some time and effort). This item is really enjoyable when watching a movie at home on the sofa (kind of couch potato). The sweet/sour/hot tastes will stimulate your tongue and you will definitely want to have more. The Aloo Papri Chaat recipe is an awesome starter/appetizer too!

Ingredients

• 1 cup all purpose flour (Maida)
• 1/2 cup sooji
• 1 teaspoon tamarind
• 7-8 teaspoon sugar
• 1 teaspoon red chili powder
• 1 potato
• 4-5 tablespoon yogurt
• 1 teaspoon black pepper powder
• 2-3 chopped green chili
• Kabuli Chana
• 1/2 teaspoon chat masala
• Salt
• Vegetable oil

Preparation time: 10 min
Cooking time: 20 min
Serves: 3

How to prepare Aloo Papri Chaat

1. Take 1 cup all purpose flour (Maida) and 1/2 cup sooji mix them well, add little by liitle water into it and make a soft dough.

2. Make the dough into medium size ball and roll the dough into  thin round shape circle, then with a glass give the shape of small round circles, 5-6 circles (papri) can be prepared out of 1 rolled dough. Punch small holes with the top of the knife to avoid puffing. Like this way roll 4-5 more dough and 25-30 papri can be prepared out of it.

3. Take a frying pan heat 1 cup of vegetable oil and fry the papri till it become golden brown and keep aside.

Preparation of Red Chutney
4. In another frying pan add 1 cups of water and bring it to boil for 2 mins, then put 1 teaspoon tamarind into the water and mix well so that tamarind dissolves in water. Put 7-8 teaspoon sugar, 1/2 teaspoon salt, 1/2 teaspoon red chili powder into the water and bring for boil till the excess water goes out and chutney becomes thick and keep aside.

5. Boil 1 potato remove it’s skin and cut it into small pieces and keep aside.

6. Soak handful of kabuli chana overnight and boil it with little salt and keep aside.

7. Take a bowl put 4-5 tablespoon yogurt and beat it properly, then add 1 teaspoon black pepper powder, boil potato(step5), 2-3 chopped green chili, 1/2 teaspoon red chili powder, 1/2 teaspoon chat masala, handful of kabuli chana (step 6),  3-4 teaspoons red chutney (step 4) and mix well.

8. Break 1 papri into 4 pieces similarly break all the papri into pieces and put it into the bowl (step 7) and mix well.

Garnish with Coriander leaves and sev (Bhujia).

Aloo(Potato) Papri Chaat is now ready to serve as a snacks item or appetizer/starter before an Indian dinner meal.

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