Fruit Chaat
Discover the delightful flavors of Delhi-style fruit chaat, a perfect balance of spiciness, sweetness, and tanginess. This scrumptious fruit chaat combines a medley of fresh seasonal fruits and root vegetables like potatoes and sweet potatoes.
Ingredients
- ½ cup chopped banana or 2 medium-sized, chopped in ½ inch rounds
- 1 cup chopped mangoes or 1 medium to large, chopped in ½ to 1 inch cubes
- 1 cup chopped apples or 1 large, chopped in ½ to 1 inch cubes
- 1 cup sweet potatoes – boiled, peeled and chopped in ½ to 1 inch cubes or 2 small sweet potatoes – optional
- 1 cup chopped potato chopped in ½ to 1 inch cubes or 1 large potato – can boil potatoes instead of frying
- 2 teaspoons lemon juice or add as required
- 1 teaspoon chaat masala
- 1 teaspoon roasted cumin powder
- ½ teaspoon red chili powder or cayenne pepper, add as required
- ½ teaspoon black salt or add as required
Instructions
- Before you make the fruit chaat, boil the sweet potatoes and fry the potatoes. You can boil or steam the sweet potatoes in an Instant pot or a steamer or a stovetop pressure cooker adding water as required.
- Rinse the potatoes in fresh water. Peel and chop them in ½ to 1 inch cubes. Heat ½ cup of oil or as required for frying the potatoes in a pan.
- When the oil becomes medium hot add the potatoes. Fry them until lught golden or golden.
- Place the fried potatoes on kitchen paper towels to absorb excess oil.
- Chop the fruits. If you want you can rub a bit of lemon juice on the banana slices and apple cubes so that they don't get browned and also gives a sour hint to the fruits.
- In a bowl add the chopped fruits one by one. Add the boiled sweet potato cubes and the fried potatoes.
- Add lemon juice. For the best taste use fresh lemon juice.
- Add all the spice powders and black salt or reqular salt to taste. Toss and mix well so that the ground spices and seasonings coat the fruits and tubers.
- Check the seasonings and add more salt or lemon juice if necessary.
- Serve fruit chaat garnished with some mint leaves.
Nutrition
Calories: 176kcalCarbohydrates: 42gProtein: 3gFat: 1gSaturated Fat: 1gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 1gSodium: 424mgPotassium: 693mgFiber: 6gSugar: 17gCalcium: 39mgIron: 2mg
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