Papdi Chaat Recipe (Papri Chaat)

Try this Papdi Chaat or Papri Chaat! This chaat is a combination of complementing and contrasting textures and flavours. Papdi chaat is crunchy, spicy, tangy and sweet and can be eaten as an evening snack or as a great alternative to a meal.

Chaat can be best described as a savoury snack and believed to originate from Uttar Pradesh, North India.

We love chaat and can't resist preparing various chaat recipes at home such as Bhel Puri, Pani Puri, Sev Puri, Potato hash brown and pineapple chaat and corn chaat.

What is Papdi Chaat

Also known as Papri chaat, aloo papdi chaat and dahi papdi chaat.

In Hindi, Papdi translates thin flat wafers and Chaat means 'to lick'.

It comprises of crispy and crunchy papdi ( deep fried thin wheat flour wafers) boiled potatoes and chickpeas, variety of sweet, spicy and tangy sauces and chilled yogurt.

Papdi are buried under fluffy boiled potatoes, tender chickpeas, chilled and sweetened yogurt, bright mint-coriander chutney, sweet and sour tamarind chutney, nylon sev (very thin gram flour noodles) and dusted with a generous amount of chaat masala. 

Ingredients

Ingredients are easily available at Indian grocery stores

Papdi - wheat flour crispies or wafers, These papdis can be prepared at home or ready made.

Boiled Chickpeas and potatoes - use either canned chickpeas or follow my homemade Instant Pot Chickpeas recipe.

Sev - gram flour noodles, although best to use nylon sev which is very thin noodles but if you can't find use medium size or one can use Bombay mix too.

Chutneys or sauces - you need Imli Chutney (sweet tamarind chutney) and Coriander and Mint Chutney (green chutney) and red garlic chutney

Yogurt (curd) - lightly sweetened, mild and chilled yogurt, vegans can use vegan yogurt or can skip totally.

Garnishing such as finely chopped red onion, tomato, freshly chopped coriander leaves, pomegranate arils, and last but not least CHAAT MASALA. 

Optionally, add a dash of lemon juice or lime juice.

Air Fryer Papdi

Don't want to deep fry or buy papdi from the store? Here is how to make Papdi in air fryer.

1. Mix 1 cup wholewheat flour or all purpose flour (plain flour/Maida) in a bowl with ajwain (carom seeds) and salt in a bowl.
2. Add 3 tablespoon melted ghee and rub the flour and ghee with your fingers.
3. Gradually add water and knead the dough (stiff dough)
4. Cover and let it rest for 30-60 minutes.
5. Knead it again for a minute or so just before making papdis.
6. Roll the dough into disk using a rolling pin.
7. Using a cookie cutter, cut out small disks.
8. Using a fork or knife prick the disks.
9. Collect the leftover dough, and once again roll it out to make more disks.
10. Brush the papdi disks with oil.
11. Preheat the air fryer 200C for 5 minutes.
12. Place the disks in air fryer basket.
13. Air fry 10-15 minutes on 180C.
14. Flip them after 7 minutes and brush the other side with the oil.
15. Bake again.
16. Since all the air work differently, you may need to change the time accordingly.

Method

Now once you start assembling the papdi chaat, you don't have to think of what goes in order, just dump a small amount of all the ingredients on a serving plate, and start munching but if want present your dish with a WOW factor look at the pictures below.

On a serving plate first, arrange some papdi.

Then layer with boiled potato cubes, boiled chickpeas and sprinkle chaat masala to taste.

Pour a couple of spoons yogurt.

Serving Suggestion and Storage

Papdi chaat is a great tea time snack or a great alternative meal. This chaat can be served as a starter of an Indian meal, or as a potluck party item at the kitty party. 

This papdi chaat can be eaten on a SHEETLA SATAM day as a part of the cold food menu.

Papdi chaat cannot be assembled in advance but of course, you can prepare all the ingredients in advance ready to use later on. 

Papdi and sev can be prepared or bought even a week before. Both the chutneys and potatoes can be made a day before and kept in the refrigerator. 

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