Samosa Chaat is a traditional Indian street food that is commonly eaten as a famous snack. Cooked samosas are crumbled and combined with chickpeas, spices, chutneys, and coriander leaves, sev, and pomegranate seeds.
It is a delightful and mouth-watering dish very famous in North India.
It’s not difficult to make this Samosa Chaat at home. All you need are a few samosas, chole/chickpeas, and a few other ingredients, all of which can be found in most major supermarkets these days.
For those who like to make stuff from scratch, the samosas and tasty chole can be made at home.
If you want to save time, buy samosas from one of the many nearby restaurants (via swiggy or zomato) and use this Amritsari Chole recipe.
Preparation time Samosa Chaat Recipe
| Prep Time | Cook Time | Total Time |
| 15 mins | 15 mins | 30 mins |
Ingredients for Samosa Chaat
For making the Chole:
- 1 cup Chickpeas soaked and boiled
- 3 tsp Oil – 3 tsp
- 3/4 tsp Garlic Paste
- 1/2 tsp Ginger Paste
- 1/2 cup Tomatoes chopped
- 1/2 tsp Green Chili Paste
- 1 tsp Chole Masala Powder
- 1/2 tsp Black Salt
- 1/2 tsp Red Chilli Powder
- 1/4 tsp Amchur (Dried Mango Powder)
- as per taste Salt as per taste
To Serve:
- 2 Samosas
- 2 tblsp Sweet Tamarind Chutney
- 1 tblsp Green Chutney
- 2 tblsp Red Garlic Chutney
- 2 tblsp chopped Onions finely
- 2 tblsp Sev
- handful Coriander Leaves finely chopped
How to make Samosa Chaat
- To make the chole, heat oil over medium flames in a non-stick pan.
- Saute the ginger and garlic paste for 10 seconds.
- Add the chopped tomatoes and cook for 3 to 5 minutes or until the tomatoes turn soft and mushy.
- Add the chole chana masala, green chili paste, black salt, amchur, red chili powder, and regular salt.
- Add 1 to 2 tbsp of water and mix well.
- Cook for a minute, stirring occasionally.
- Add the cooked chickpeas and 3 to 4 tbsp of water.
- Mix well and cook for a minute.
- Switch off the flame when cooked.
- To make a samosa chaat, split one samosa into small pieces and place it in a serving dish.
- Add some of the cooked chole over it.
- Add a little sweet tamarind chutney, green spicy chutney, red garlic chutney, chopped onions, and sev.
- Garnish with coriander leaves.
- Serve at once.
How to make samosa chaat at home
Frequently Asked Questions
What is samosa chaat made of?
Samosa chaat is a lip-smacking chaat made with samosa, chickpea curry, various chutneys, and spices
What is the difference between samosa and Samosa Chaat?
It’s made of a base of chopped up samosas (savory fried pastries filled with spicy potatoes and peas), and topped with chutney, yogurt, and sev (those thin fried potato bits). … This is like Samosa Chaat, but with samosas subbed out for fried puri crackers
Is Samosa Chaat healthy?
No, this recipe is not good for diabetics, heart, and weight loss. We all love Punjabi Samosa but sadly it has 3 killer issues in them. Plain flour, potatoes to make the samosa, and then the samosa is deep-fried. Any food that is deep-fried is not suitable for healthy living.03-Mar-2021
How do you eat samosa chaat?
To Serve Samosa Chaat
Top with dollops of yogurt. Then roughly break 2 samosas and place them on top of yogurt. Top the samosa with more chole, cilantro chutney, sweet tamarind chutney. And finally garnish the Samosa Chaat with chopped onion, sev, cilantro, pomegranate arils (if using).
What type of meal is chaat?
The original chaat is a mixture of potato pieces, crisp fried bread dahi vada or dahi Bhalla, gram or chickpeas and tangy-salty spices, with sour Indian chili and saunth (dried ginger and tamarind sauce), fresh green coriander leaves, and yogurt for garnish, but other popular variants included alu tikkis or samosa
Who invented samosa chaat?
Central Asian samsa was introduced to the Indian subcontinent in the 13th or 14th century by traders from Central Asia. Amir Khusro (1253–1325), a scholar and the royal poet of the Delhi Sultanate, wrote in around 1300 CE that the princes and nobles enjoyed the “samosa prepared from meat, ghee, onion, and so on”.
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