Servings: 2-3
Cooking Time: 30 minutes
Ingredients:
For Ghugni –
- 1.5 cups dry yellow peas
- 3 cups water for boiling
- 1 tsp turmeric powder
- Salt to taste
- Pinch of orange food color (optional)
- 2 cloves of garlic
- 1 tbsp ginger roughly chopped
- 1 tbsp refined oil
- 1 tsp red chilli powder (you can adjust it according to taste)
- 1 tsp garam masala
For Serving –
- Sweet tamarind Chutney (Find the recipe on a click)
- 1 cup finely chopped onion
- 4-5 green chillies finely chopped (you can adjust it according to taste)
- 1/4 cup coriander finely chopped
- Roasted Cumin powder
- Salt
- Black Salt
- Red Chilli powder
Procedure:
Soak the peas in water for at least 4-5 hours,then rinse it nicely.
Take the soaked peas in pressure cooker,add 3 cups of water,salt,turmeric powder and orange food color.Close the lid and pressure cook it up to 2-3 whistles only.Do not over cook it other wise the peas will become very soft and mushy. Open the lid only when the pressure escapes naturally.If the peas are not cooked then pressure cook it again only up to 1 whistle.
After boiling ,the peas should look like the picture given above.The peas should be whole not very soft and mushy.
Now take ginger and garlic in a blender jar and blend it to a smooth paste using little water as required.
Take oil in a deep pan or kadhai,
when oil is hot enough then add ginger garlic paste in it and saute it for about a minute or so till the raw aroma of ginger and garlic escapes.
Now as ginger and garlic is cooked properly stir in the boiled peas,add red chilli powder and garam masala in it.Mix it nicely.Let the ghugni simmer on medium heat for about 5-7 minutes.
Our super tasty hot ghugni is ready to be transformed into a delicious chaat. Now take out ghugni in a small bowl or plate in which you want to serve it and top it nicely with sweet tamarind chutney,salt,roasted cumin powder,red chilli powder and black salt according to taste.Now finally add finely chopped onion,green chillies,coriander and serve it warm.
Finger licking ghugni chaat is ready to be enjoyed with your friends and family.This is a very simple chaat but it is super delicious.Do try this and let me know how you like it.
Enjoy!!
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This is one of my favourite dishes! 🙂
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I love it too…☺
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Muh mei paani….Very nice
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Thank you so much Reena☺
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Thank you Jaiswal Ji..
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I have had this during my Kolkata visit. Its great. Its not popular here though.
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Ya its very famous in Kolkata , Jharkhand and Bihar…Thank you so much for stopping by.
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Happy to know Anshu 🙂
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Yellow peas are always my faves, it looks so delicious!
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Thanks a lot Megala…This is super delicious and very easy..
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Chaats are always tempting… You are so good in chaats.
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Thank you so much Dimple☺
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wow yummy
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Thank you ☺
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Great Post ! 🙂
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Thank you ☺
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Reminds me of Matraa chaat we used to have in UP! Bookmarked and on my list! thanx for sharing 🙂
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Recently I also came to know from one of friend that it is also know as Matraa Chaat..Thank you so much for liking it..Please let me know how you like it..
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I love to eat chaa’t I must try your receipe It’s look Amazing 😍😍
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Thanks a lot…Do try this Ghugni Chaat..it is scrumptious..pls let me know how you like☺
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Yeah Sure I’ll make it then I give you the review back ♡
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Thanks a lot ☺
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