Samosa Chaat - Herbivore Cucina

A savory snack made from samosas, Amritsari chole and other add-ins; Samosa Chaat is delicious yet super easy to make. Perfect for parties or as a snack!

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Samosa is one of the MOST popular Indian street food. Triangular shaped pastry filled with spicy potato or other filling, samosas are best enjoyed with chutney and some chai on the side.

Samosas can be used in several recipes like chole samosa, samosa sandwich, samosa pizza, sizzler or this samosa chaat or bhel. The crisp outer cover and soft filling make it a great choice to have as a chaat.

What is Chaat?

The name of the recipe has the words samosa and chaat. While we understand that samosa is the triangular pastry filled with potato, let us see what chaat is.

By definition, chaat is a savory dish enjoyed in various ways in India. From recipes like pani puri, bhel Puri, dahi puri to the more complex palak patta chaat, raj kachori and ragda pattice.

Chaat for most of us is a comfort food that is best enjoyed from the street vendors. It has the tones of sweet, sour, spicy and savory all at once!

What you need to make Samosa Chaat?

As the name suggests, the recipe has samosa for sure. And given that it is a chaat, it will have the other ingredients that are popular in chaats.

Samosa: The starting point for this recipe, samosa can be store bought or homemade. I used pre-made samosas from the frozen aisle and baked them till crisp and golden brown.

The samosa can be the regular big size ones or mini samosas. They can be fried, baked or air fried as you like. The only thing I like to have is that they be slightly warm and not entirely cold.

Chole: The recipe calls for chole or chana masala. Whether you are making it specially for the recipe or using up leftovers, chole does play a crucial part in the taste.

The recipe I use for chole is either this stove-top one or this instant pot version.

Yogurt: Contrast to the spicy chole and samosa is the cooling yogurt in the recipe.

While plain yogurt or Greek yogurt works greta for the recipe, I like to sweeten and season mine to add some extra flavor. It is best to have chilled yogurt for the recipe.

Chutney: As the recipe makes a chaat, chutney plays an important role in the ingredients.

I have used some spicy cilantro chutney and some sweet dates tamarind chutney in the recipe. If you like, adding some spicy garlic chutney is a great option too.

Add-ins: Once we have the above mentioned ingredients ready, adding some extras makes the recipe delicious and flavorful.

I like to add some diced onions and tomatoes for crunch, some chaat masala for flavor and some sev for texture.

While these can be left out or substituted with other ingredients, they do make the chaat amazing.

How to serve this Chaat?

This samosa chaat is best enjoyed fresh. I like to prepare it as needed and serve immediately.

If making it for a party, make a big batch and have the guests enjoy it. Remember to keep some extra chutney and toppings for them to add if needed.

Steps to make Samosa Chaat

In a bowl mix together yogurt, rock salt, sugar and cumin powder. Whisk till smooth and set aside.

In a plate roughly break the samosas. I used 3 medium samosas per serving.

Add 1 cup hot Amritsari chole to each plate.

Add ⅓ cup prepared yogurt to the plates.

Divide the sweet dates tamarind and spicy cilantro chutney in the three servings.

Add tomatoes, onion, cilantro, lime juice, chaat masala and thin sev.

Ingredients

Samosa 9 medium

Amritsari Chole 3 cups (this recipe)

Yogurt 1 cup (this recipe)

Sweet Tamarind Dates Chutney ½ cup (this recipe)

Spicy Cilantro Chutney ¼ cup (this recipe)

Onion 1 medium, diced

Tomato 1 medium, diced

Thin Sev 1 cup

Lime Juice 1 ½ tsp

Kala Namak/ Rock Salt 1 tsp

Chaat masala 2 tsp

Sugar ¼ cup

Cumin Powder ½ tsp

Cilantro to top

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