Wednesday, October 29, 2008

Nutritious Legume Chaat!!

I came up with this recipe because my two wonderful friends are into this event 'Susan & Sra'. Susan is the brainchild of the lovely event My Legume Love Affair. Sra is hosting it for the month of October. I simply could not resist myself from contributing :)

I combined a few legumes, veggies and spices to make a hot and sweet chaat which was a great combination with our evening tea.

Ingredients :
10 small puris (pani puris)
2-3 tbsp baby lima beans (frozen)
2-3 tbsp Speckled butter beans (frozen)
3-4 tbsp Blackeye peas (frozen)
3-4 tbsp Corn (frozen)
3 tbsp chopped Cucumber
3 tbsp chopped Tomato
3 tbsp chopped onions
Freshly chopped Cilantro
1 tbsp mint- cilantro chutney (home made or store bought)
1 tbsp date- tamarind chutney ( home made or store bought)
(if you don't have these chutneys you can simply use lemon juice and chaat masala)



Preparation:

Mix up all the three beans in a microwave bowl, sprinkle 2-3 tbsp water and heat it up for 25- 30 seconds in the microwave. If you feel that the beans are not soft enough to eat you can cook it for some more time depending on the microwave. Try to keep the shape of the beans.

Mix up all the other ingredients with the beans, fill it into the puris and serve with tea :). It makes a delicious and nutritious evening time snack.



16 comments:

Unknown said...

Really nutritious chaat recipe..

SMN said...

Really healthy and nice chaat sharmi..hows ur daughter and u doing?

Sangeeth said...

great stuffing idea....healthy chat

Kitchen Chronicles said...

Mouth-watering and healthy Chaat.

Pooja said...

Hip Hip Hurray to ur creativity !

Laavanya said...

Hey Sharmi, Hope you had a great Diwali - just saw your sweets round up :)

This chaat looks so good and is so healthy too.

sra said...

Sharmi, thanks for the entry - like your idea of putting it in the sago vadiyalu, is that what it is?

Sharmi said...

boo hoo Sra, You are not reading the whole post:( Its pani puri

Kelly said...

Mmmm. I came upon your recipe from My Legume Love Affair. It looks delicious and beautiful.

Shah cooks said...

really very healthy and yet chatpata!!i add a dash of chaat masala too.:)

Yasmeen said...

The leguminous chaat looks cute and deliciously edible on Puri:)

zlamushka said...

Oh, that chaat looks great, so tiny and neatly packed :-) a lot of work, I am afraid. i like how colorful it is.

Sunshinemom said...

My first time here and loved this absolutely nutritious legum chaat.

Susan said...

As much as I love chips, this is so much more nourishing a snack. : }
I'm drooling over the cilantro, tamarind and onion, too.

Sukanya Yogesh said...

So healthy and nutritious. Very nice recipe

Namratha said...

I feel like grabbing one of these puris right out of the screen...looks scrumptious!