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Papdi Chaat

Papdi Chaat 1

If you’re not familiar with papdi chaat, I’d like to put it forth as the ideal snack food, and one of my hands-down favourite things to eat. Chaat is a blanket term used to describe a wide range of snacky, savoury Indian street foods, and papdi (or papri) are the crisp fried crackers used as a base for (or served alongside) diced potatoes and chickpeas tossed with chaat masala (a spice blend customized specifically for this purpose, which you can make yourself or buy pre-mixed), minced onion, fresh mint-cilantro chutney, and a drizzle of sweet-tart tamarind chutney and cool spiced yogurt. Papdi chaat is everything you want in a snack—salty, sweet, sour, tangy, crunchy, spicy and soft. Layers of interesting colours, flavours and textures. It’s all served in one bowl, and you can eat it with your fingers.

Papdi chaat ingredients with text

It’s typically something I order at a restaurant, or have had friends make for me, but I’ve been meaning to give it a go myself for years, and I’m glad I finally did.

Papdi

You can start with store-bough papdi, and often they’re made with a simple wheat dough, rolled thin and fried. I referred to the latest from Noorbanu Nimji, to see what she had to say on the subject, and she recommended cutting flour tortillas into short, wide strips and frying them until crisp in a thin pool of canola oil. This worked beautifully, and the tortillas puffed somewhat in the middle, like the best papdi. Sev are crunchy fried bits, made with extruded chickpea batter, which can be bought by the bag, like chips, in most grocery stores. Bombay mix works well here too, with its interesting spicy assortment of crispy fried bits – sometimes puffed rice or spiced peas, fried lentils and peanuts.

Papdi Chaat 3

The ingredient list might look daunting, but once you have the hang of it—and the ingredients on hand in your fridge or pantry—it’s quick to assemble. Serve it quick, so the papdi don’t soften, and eat it all with your fingers. It’s OK to use canned chickpeas here, but if you ever simmer dried chickpeas, which results in a slightly more toothsome texture, this is the perfect use for them.

Papdi Chaat

AuthorJulie

Yields1 Serving

Papdi:
2-3 flour tortillas
canola oil
salt
Mint-coriander chutney:
a big handful of fresh mint leaves
a big handful of fresh coriander (cilantro)
1 small jalapeño pepper, seeded and chopped
juice of half a lemon
Potato and chickpeas:
1 large potato, diced
1 Tbsp butter or ghee
1/2 cup chickpeas, drained
2-3 tsp chaat masala
a squeeze of lime juice (optional)
Yogurt:
1/2 cup plain yogurt
1 tsp chaat masala
1 small garlic clove, finely grated (optional)
Everything else:
1/2 cup Sev or Bombay mix
1/4 cup finely chopped purple onion
1 plum tomato, finely chopped (optional)
fresh cilantro (optional)
tamarind chutney

1

To make the papdi, cut the flour tortillas into 1x2-inch pieces. Heat about half an inch of oil in a skillet set over medium-high heat and cook the tortilla pieces until deep golden. Transfer with tongs to a paper towel-lined plate as they cook, and shower with salt.

2

To make the mint-coriander chutney, blend the mint, coriander, jalapeño, lemon juice and a pinch of salt in a blender or food processor until well blended, scraping down the side of the bowl.

3

Boil the potato in a small saucepan just until tender; drain and toss with butter while it’s still warm. Toss with the chickpeas, chaat masala, and a squeeze of lime, if you like. Sprinkle with salt. Mix the yogurt, chaat masala, garlic and a pinch of salt.

4

To assemble, spread the papdi out on a platter or individual plates and pile on the potatoes and chickpeas, sev or Bombay mix, onion, tomato and cilantro, drop over a few small spoonfuls of the mint-coriander chutney and drizzle with the yogurt and tamarind chutney. Serve immediately.

Ingredients

Papdi:
 2-3 flour tortillas
 canola oil
 salt
Mint-coriander chutney:
 a big handful of fresh mint leaves
 a big handful of fresh coriander (cilantro)
 1 small jalapeño pepper, seeded and chopped
 juice of half a lemon
Potato and chickpeas:
 1 large potato, diced
 1 Tbsp butter or ghee
 1/2 cup chickpeas, drained
 2-3 tsp chaat masala
 a squeeze of lime juice (optional)
Yogurt:
 1/2 cup plain yogurt
 1 tsp chaat masala
 1 small garlic clove, finely grated (optional)
Everything else:
 1/2 cup Sev or Bombay mix
 1/4 cup finely chopped purple onion
 1 plum tomato, finely chopped (optional)
 fresh cilantro (optional)
 tamarind chutney
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  1. carol s-b
    October 29, 2018 at 8:51 am

    oh, I was hoping you’d post this process/ recipe here!
    Thanks, Julie. I do love Papri Chat!
    …now I can invite my friends over by saying, “Hey, let’s Chat”!

  2. esme
    October 29, 2018 at 8:07 pm

    Oh Julie! This looks so delicious. I am going to give this a try. Thanks for breaking it down. I probably wouldn’t have tried this if you hadn’t given it the “Julie” treatment. THANK YOU!

  3. theyahtzee
    October 31, 2018 at 10:52 pm

    This is so nice and delicious! I am also going to try this at My kitchen.

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  5. Laura Di Lembo
    July 11, 2019 at 6:34 pm

    YES to this as a summer salad! Love the cool, the crisp, the spicy, the soft, the herby, the sour, all doing a dance in your mouth. I found a crisp Indian cracker called Chat Papdi at Walmart in the Indian foods section that is wonderful in this dish. Saves you the trouble of frying up your own thingies.

  6. Shauna
    January 18, 2021 at 8:10 pm

    Made this for the second time ; a party in my mouth. I used egg roll wrappers this time, nice and crunchy once fried.

    • Julie
      January 21, 2021 at 9:12 pm

      Oooh smart!!!

  7. Ruth
    January 30, 2021 at 9:25 am

    Is this dish served hot or cold? I’d love to make it ahead of time so that I’m not frying while other things around going on in the kitchen. Do the ‘crackers’ go soggy if not served immediately?

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    Sogginess definitely happens fast with this salad, so it MUST be eaten immediately after it is prepared. One of those things that’s only good for a brief period, then it goes soft. Since the beauty of the salad is the contrast of textures and flavours, this is simply not a do-ahead.

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