Street snacks assembled from crisp bases, chutneys, yogurt and spice, where sour, sweet and hot elements are layered.
Chaat · North India
Aloo tikki chaat pairs a griddle-browned, spiced potato patty, firm at the edge and tender within, with whisked yogurt, two chutneys, a light chickpea gravy and sev.
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Churmur is an East Indian chaat of broken puri shells and puffed rice dressed with spiced potato, chutney and tamarind water, and it is a close relative of Kolkata's puchka.
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Bhel puri is puffed rice mixed at the last moment with diced vegetables, fine sev and two chutneys, and it is eaten at once while every grain is still crisp.
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A quick cart-style chaat: sweet corn kernels, either boiled or cut from a charred cob, mixed with raw onion, tomato, herbs, a squeeze of lime and a dusting of chaat masala.
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A cold Mumbai-style chaat in which each fried hollow shell carries seasoned potato and chickpeas under a blanket of sweetened curd, two chutneys, sev and fruit seeds.
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Puffed rice tossed vigorously with mustard oil, raw onion, green chilli, peanuts, cucumber and tomato, then given lime juice and handed over in a twist of paper.
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Pani puri is a thin hollow shell of fried semolina dough, filled with spiced potato and chickpeas and then topped with chilled herb water or sweet tamarind water at the last moment and eaten whole.
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Papdi chaat is served as a single plate: broken, sturdy crackers of wheat and besan topped with spiced potato, chickpeas, sweetened yogurt, tamarind and green chutneys, and crisp sev, and it is eaten with a spoon.
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Ragda pattice pairs shallow-fried potato cakes with a loose, lightly spiced white pea curry, topped with tamarind and green chutneys, chopped onion and crisp sev.
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Sev puri is a plate of small, flat, crisp puris carrying diced potato, onion and tomato, drizzled with sweet-sour tamarind and sharp herb chutney, and buried under a layer of thin sev.
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Cut seasonal fruit dressed with lime juice, chaat masala and a little black salt, so that the natural sweetness meets a sour, salty and faintly smoky counterweight.
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