Peanut chaat | Boiled peanut chaat | How to make peanut chaat

Peanut chaat aka boiled peanut chaat is a healthy and refreshing chaat recipe Indian. It is hugely popular in the subcontinents of south Asia. Peanut chaat recipe is also referred as an Indian salad because of its healthy components. Boiled peanuts with vegetables like chopped tomato, onion, coriander leaves, green chillies and boiled potato chunks with the dash of lemon juice, sprinkle of spices, sev and pomegranate arils are enough to tickle someone’s taste buds. This salivating preparation is mostly relished as evening snack or as a side for lunch as well.

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Health Benefits of Peanut
How to make Peanut chaat (step wise photos)
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Summer is knocking at the door and its very tiring job to stand in front of the gas stove for longer to cook something during these hot days. According to me, no cook recipes are great relive for these days like different kind of smoothies, salad recipes etc. and peanut chaat is a perfect fit for the season. In fact, this Indian snack recipe healthy could be a perfect fit for any busy day.

Peanut chaat recipe is known by different names in the different parts of India. In few places, it is popular as peanut chaat masala because of its spicy taste. Other than these, it is also known as groundnut chaat, boiled peanut chaat, peanut salad etc.

Indian street food has always been a centre of attraction in Indian cuisine. Especially, recipe for chaat plays a remarkable and unforgettable part in it. Recipes of Chaat are known for their amazing flavours, different layers of texture and combinational taste which triggers the secret saliva and dominates the senses. All these reasons have been drooling people for chaat recipes since decades. Though it is easily available in every small towns, cities, villages of India but people never feel enough or get bored of it.

Most of the chaat recipes are prepared with deep fried stuffs like papdi chaat, aloo chaat, sev puri, aloo tikki chaat etc. which are not considered to be healthy but few chaat recipes like bhelpuri, chana chaat, kala chana, peanut chaat are considered as healthy chaats because no fried stuffs are included into them.

This peanut chaat recipe is one of the most popular homemade Indian street foods because of its effortless preparation. It can be prepared within few minutes and served on plates. The best part of the recipe is that there is no fixed rule to prepare this healthy slobbering Indian snack recipe. You can prepare it with whatever you have in your kitchen pantry and you can even adjust the taste of the chaat recipe by adjusting the amount of spices and other contents.

Peanut chaat aka boiled peanut chaat could be a perfect starter or snack for any get together, kitty parties and small birthday parties. You don’t need to prepare it in front of guests. Just make it ready and cover it. You just need to serve it directly to the guests. Isn’t it handy?

Peanut chaat recipe is a very simple and easy recipe which requires very basic ingredients to get prepared. The difficulty level of preparing this dish is very low. You just need to boil the peanuts and potatoes. Rest of the part of the recipe is an uncooked process. The best part of the recipe is that you can prepare it in larger quantity using same effort and time.

Peanut chaat recipe with step by step photos and instructions have been provided in the ‘Instruction’ section of the recipe. But before directly jumping into the recipe, let me share few interesting things about the hero ingredient of the recipe ‘Peanut’ which makes the chaat recipe healthy and delectable.

• Peanuts are the great source of protein, fat and fibre which is great for healthy weight.
• The fat contained in peanuts are good for heart health of diabetic people.
• Peanut skin contains antioxidants which helps to get rid of damaging body’s cell.
• They are low in carbohydrates which is good for diabetic people.

• You can include choice of your vegetables like grated carrots, chopped cucumber, boiled corn etc into the chaat as well.
• You can add puffed rice aka murmura as well into the chaat.
• To make the peanut chaat spicier, you can add tamarind chutney or green chutney as well into it.
• Many people add grated raw mango into the chaat for extra tangy taste.
• Few people use readymade roasted peanuts too instead of boiled peanuts for the recipe.

To prepare the boiled peanut chaat, first take a pressure cooker and add the peanuts into it. Then add salt, turmeric powder, water into the cooker and give a nice stir. Close the lid of the cooker and pressure cook over medium flame till 3 whistles. Then put the cooker down and allow it to rest till the pressure releases completely. Open the lid of the cooker and strain the peanuts with the help of a strainer and keep it aside.

Chop all the veggies like onions, tomatoes, coriander leaves, green chillies, boiled potato and assemble all the ingredients before you start preparing the peanut chaat.

Take a large mixing bowl and add the boiled peanuts into it. Then add boiled potato, onions, tomatoes, coriander leaves, green chillies one by one into the bowl and give a nice stir with a spoon.

Then sprinkle some Black salt, Chaat masala, Roasted Cumin Powder, Red chilli powder, lemon juice on it and mix them evenly with a spoon. The combination of all these spices give a perfect flavour to the chaat recipe.

Then sprinkle generous amount of sev and pomegranate arils over the top and mix. Now your lip-smacking peanut chaat is ready to serve.

Many Indian Street food recipes have already been shared in my previous posts. You can check few of them like

Bhelpuri
Papdi Chaat
Chana chaat
Ragda

..And Many more…

1 cup = 250 ml

• 1 cup Peanuts
• 1 cup Water
• ¼ teaspoon Turmeric powder
• ½ teaspoon Salt

• 1 boiled Potato, small diced
• 1 Tomato, deseeded and chopped
• 1 small Onion, finely chopped
• 1-2 green Chillies, finely chopped
• 4 tablespoons Coriander leaves, finely chopped
• ½ Lemon
• 2 tablespoons Pomegranate seeds
• ¼ cup Sev
• ¼ teaspoon red Chilli powder
• ½ teaspoon Chaat masala
• ¼ teaspoon roasted Cumin powder
• ¼ teaspoon black Salt

1. Take a pressure cooker and add 1 cup peanuts into it. Then add ½ teaspoon salt, ¼ teaspoon turmeric powder, 1 cup water one by one into the cooker and give a nice stir.
2. Close the lid of the pressure cooker and cook it over medium flame till 3 whistles. Switch off the flame and allow it to release the pressure completely. Then open the lid of the cooker and strain the peanuts with the help of a strainer and keep it aside.
3. To prepare the peanut chaat, take a large mixing bowl and add the boiled peanuts into it.
4. Add boiled potato cubes, chopped tomato, onion, green chillies, coriander leaves, one by one into the bowl and mix them nicely.
5. Sprinkle ½ teaspoon Chaat masala, ¼ teaspoon roasted Cumin Powder, ¼ teaspoon Red chilli powder, ¼ teaspoon Black salt, lemon juice into the bowl and mix them evenly with a spoon.
6. Sprinkle ¼ cup of sev, 2 tablespoons pomegranate arils over the top of the and give a final mix.
7. The peanut chaat is now ready to serve.

Serve the peanut chaat recipe immediately after preparing it. Enjoy the heathy salivating snack with your family and friends with lots of gossips.

Peanut chaat | Boiled peanut chaat | How to make peanut chaat

Serves: 2 Prep Time: 10 Minutes Cooking Time: 20 Minutes 20 Minutes

Nutrition facts: NA calories NA fat

Rating: 5.0/5

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Ingredients

1 cup = 250 ml

To boil the peanut

• 1 cup Peanuts
• 1 cup Water
• ¼ teaspoon Turmeric powder
• ½ teaspoon Salt

Other ingredients

• 1 boiled Potato, small diced
• 1 Tomato, deseeded and chopped
• 1 small Onion, finely chopped
• 1-2 green Chillies, finely chopped
• 4 tablespoons Coriander leaves, finely chopped
• ½ Lemon
• 2 tablespoons Pomegranate seeds
• ¼ cup Sev
• ¼ teaspoon red Chilli powder
• ½ teaspoon Chaat masala
• ¼ teaspoon roasted Cumin powder
• ¼ teaspoon black Salt

Instructions

1. Take a pressure cooker and add 1 cup peanuts into it. Then add ½ teaspoon salt, ¼ teaspoon turmeric powder, 1 cup water one by one into the cooker and give a nice stir.
2. Close the lid of the pressure cooker and cook it over medium flame till 3 whistles. Switch off the flame and allow it to release the pressure completely. Then open the lid of the cooker and strain the peanuts with the help of a strainer and keep it aside.
3. To prepare the peanut chaat, take a large mixing bowl and add the boiled peanuts into it.
4. Add boiled potato cubes, chopped tomato, onion, green chillies, coriander leaves, one by one into the bowl and mix them nicely.
5. Sprinkle ½ teaspoon Chaat masala, ¼ teaspoon roasted Cumin Powder, ¼ teaspoon Red chilli powder, ¼ teaspoon Black salt, lemon juice into the bowl and mix them evenly with a spoon.
6. Sprinkle ¼ cup of sev, 2 tablespoons pomegranate arils over the top of the and give a final mix.
7. The peanut chaat is now ready to serve.