RECIPE

Making Chaat Even More Healthy

Playing around with the alternative healthy substitutes

A few days ago, I published the following story.

A Healthy Twist to ‘Chaat’

For Non-readers, read here.

In this story, I am going to present some alternative healthy substitutes that I experimented with for the above dish, without compromising the taste of the Chaat.

I replaced Kidney beans with chickpeas and potatoes with sweet potatoes. So, I prepared a dough made up of mashed overnight-soaked and boiled chickpeas, boiled sweet potatoes, rice flour, cumin powder, and gave them the shape of Tikkis.

To prepare Tikkis from the above dough, scoop some balls from the dough and flatten them a bit. You can, then, put them in a refrigerator for 15 minutes to stabilize their shape.

Tikkis : The image has been taken by the Author from her kitchen

Traditionally, Tikkis are made from potatoes, and I added chickpeas to provide protein intake to the body.

I replaced the potato with sweet potato because