Base · make ahead
Add fresh
- 2 × 400 g tins3 cups chickpeas
- baby
- 600 g1¼ lb potatoes
- sev
- chaat
- masala
- pa
- ste
- red
- 11 onion
- and
- small bunchsmall bunch mint
- 1 tbsp1 tbsp tamarind
Method
- Take out a large frying pan (the larger the better for your potatoes to go lovely and crispy!). Drain and rinse the chickpeas and thinly slice the baby potatoes lengthways around 2mm thick.
- Place your frying pan over a medium-high heat add the chickpea sev and toast until crispy. Remove and set aside.
- Add a drizzle of oil to the pan, then add the potatoes and fry until crispy and golden brown, around 10-15 minutes. Next add the chaat masala pa ste and the chickpeas and cook for a further 3-5 minutes. Mash the mix up a little with a fork as you cook and scrape the bottom of the pan regularly to prevent burning. Season to taste with salt and pepper before serving.
- Peel and finely slice the red onion . Onion sizes vary, but aim for around half a small onion per person.
- Divide the chickpea and potato chaat between serving plates, then dress it with mint chutney , tamarind yoghurt , red onion and a scattering of sev . Enjoy!
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