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potatoes

🥗Healthier: sweet potatoes

💰Cheaper: yams

Sweet potatoes are lower in calories and more nutritious.

chickpeas

🥗Healthier: black beans

💰Cheaper: canned beans

Canned beans are often more affordable and convenient.

Roast cumin seeds and masala maana.

Prepare masala maana for quick assembly of chaat ingredients.

Soak white chickpeas overnight.

Cook soaked chickpeas in a pressure cooker for two whistles on high heat with freshly sliced potatoes, 1 tbsp of salt, turmeric, and chili powder.

Chop onions, tomatoes, fresh coriander leaves, and green chilies for chaat assembly.

Prepare thick full-fat yogurt as a key ingredient for chaat.

Make sweet tamarind chutney and mint chutney in advance and refrigerate.

Set the dining table properly for the chaat party.

Prepare shikanji (lemon drink) by mixing lemon juice, sugar, salt, sliced ginger, mint, and roasted cumin powder.

Make watermelon mint refresher by blending 4 cups of watermelon with lime juice and fresh mint leaves, straining if desired.

Heat oil and add ginger, green chili, and whole cumin seeds, cooking for a minute over medium heat.

Add chopped onions and fry until translucent, then add diced tomatoes and sauté well.

Combine masala ingredients over medium flame for 5 to 7 minutes.

Garnish with chopped onions, green chilies, bhuna masala, and squeeze lemon and tamarind water to enhance tanginess.

Coat frozen corn with corn flour, all-purpose flour, salt, red chili, and roasted cumin powder, then air fry at 180°C for 10 to 12 minutes.

Whisk hung yogurt with castor sugar, black salt, Kashmiri red chili powder, and chaat masala to make a creamy topping for papdi chaat.

Layer papdi chaat components on a platter, including crispy poies, tangy and spicy chutneys, cold yogurt, and potatoes, garnished with pomegranate seeds.

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