🫘 Matar Chaat Recipe (Street Style)

📝INGREDIENTS

🧺 For Boiling the Peas:

• 1 cup dried white peas (safed matar)
• 3 cups water (for pressure cooking)
• Salt – to taste
• ¼ tsp turmeric
• 1 pinch hing (asafoetida) (optional but adds flavor)
• 1 medium onion – finely chopped
• 1 medium tomato – finely chopped
• 1–2 green chilies – finely chopped
• 1 tsp ginger – grated or minced
• 1–2 tbsp tamarind chutney
• 1 tbsp green chutney (optional but yum!)
• ½ tsp chaat masala
• ½ tsp roasted cumin powder
• ½ tsp red chili powder
• ½ tsp black salt (kala namak)
• Lemon juice – to taste
• Salt – if needed
• Fresh coriander – chopped
• Optional: Crushed papdi, boondi, or sev for garnish

👩‍🍳RECIPE

1️⃣ Cook the Peas:

Drain soaked peas.

Pressure cook with 3 cups water, salt, turmeric, and hing for 4–5 whistles

Drain excess water (reserve a little if you like a semi-gravy texture).

2️⃣ Prepare the Chaat:

In a large mixing bowl, take the cooked peas.

Add onions, tomatoes, green chilies, ginger.

Add chaat masala, cumin powder, red chili powder, black salt, and a little regular salt if needed.

Add lemon juice, tamarind chutney, and green chutney. Mix well.

💡 Taste and adjust: Want it spicier? More chilies. More tangy? Squeeze in extra lemon or chutney.

3️⃣ Final Garnish:

Top with fresh coriander.

Sprinkle sev/papdi/boondi for crunch (optional but 👌).

Serve warm or room temp.