Varanasi

Banarasi tamatar chaat

Name: Banarasi tamatar chaat
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Uttar Pradesh
Ingredients: 6 ripe chopped tomato; 1 large boiled and mashed potato; 1 1/2 inch julienned ginger; 2 chopped green chilli; 2 tbsp ghee; 1 tsp roasted cumin powder (ground cumin); 1 tsp red chilli powder (indian red chili powder); 1/2 tsp garam masala; 1 tsp chaat masala; 1/2 tsp black salt; 3 tbsp for the syrup sugar; 1/4 cup water; 1/2 cup or crushed namak para sev; a handful coriander leaves (cilantro); Salt, to taste

A hot, sweet, sour and spicy tomato mash with potato, ghee and crunchy namkeen. Only in Banaras.

35 minTime

4 gProtein each

mediumSpice

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Grandma's wayTomato and potato mash in ghee with a sweet syrup and namkeen, served in a leaf bowl.

The original

226kcal

4 gprotein

4 gfibre

35minutes

Tamatar chaat as Varanasi's chaat stalls make it.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table. Grandma's way is the starting point the other versions are compared with.

Ingredients

Tomato6 ripe, chopped

Potato1 large, boiled and mashed

Ginger4 cm, julienned

Green chilli2, chopped

Ghee2 tbsp

Cumin powder (ground cumin)1 tsp, roasted

Red chilli powder (indian red chili powder)1 tsp

Garam masala½ tsp

Chaat masala1 tsp

Black salt½ tsp

Sugar3 tbsp, for the syrup

Water¼ cup

Sev½ cup, or crushed namak para

Coriander leaves (cilantro)a handful

Saltto taste

Method

4 steps

1Heat ghee in a kadhai, add ginger and chilli, then the tomatoes and salt. Cook on high, mashing, for 8 minutes.
2Add potato, cumin, chilli, garam masala and half the chaat masala. Mash and cook 5 minutes more.
3Boil sugar and water with a pinch of black salt and chaat masala for 3 minutes into a thin syrup.
4Spoon the hot tomato mix into bowls, pour over the syrup, and top with sev, coriander and the rest of the chaat masala.

Serve it like this

Serve in leaf bowls or small katoris with syrup drizzled and a heap of namkeen on top.

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Banarasi tamatar chaat

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