Name: Katori Chaat Recipe recipe by Monika Shukla at BetterButter
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 75 min
Yield: 10
Ingredients: FOR KATORIS 2 cups Maida (All purpose flour; 1/2 cup Oil; 1/2 tablespoon Baking powder; 1/4- 1/2 teaspoon Ajwain; Salt to taste; 3/4 - 1 cup Use Milk- if baking the katoris (If frying the katoris - use water); Oil for Frying; STUFFING FOR 10 KATORIS 1.5 cups Boiled and Fried potatoes; 1.5 cups Chopped tomatoes without pulp; 1.5 cups Boiled Garbanzo beans (Safed chole); 1.5 cups Chopped Onions; 3 tablespoon Sprouts; 2 cups Beaten curd/yogurt; 1 cup Tamarind Chutney; 1 cup Green Chutney; 1 teaspoon Red chili powder (to sprinkle on top of chaat); 2 teaspoon Chaat Masala (to sprinkle on top of chaat); 1/2 cup Sev (fried crunchy Indian snack) (to sprinkle on top of chaat)

ABOUT Katori Chaat Recipe RECIPE

Need an appetizer or snack for a party, try katori chaat recipe or tokri chaat!! ‘Katori or tokri’ refers to a bowl or canopies that are filled with potatoes and chutneys and ‘chaat’ is the term used for savory Indian street snacks. No doubt making the fried version of katoris seem like a daunting task but the end product is D-licious.

Ingredients Serving: 10

FOR KATORIS 2 cups Maida (All purpose flour
1/2 cup Oil
1/2 tablespoon Baking powder
1/4- 1/2 teaspoon Ajwain
Salt to taste
3/4 - 1 cup Use Milk- if baking the katoris (If frying the katoris - use water)
Oil for Frying
STUFFING FOR 10 KATORIS 1.5 cups Boiled and Fried potatoes
1.5 cups Chopped tomatoes without pulp
1.5 cups Boiled Garbanzo beans (Safed chole)
1.5 cups Chopped Onions
3 tablespoon Sprouts
2 cups Beaten curd/yogurt
1 cup Tamarind Chutney
1 cup Green Chutney
1 teaspoon Red chili powder (to sprinkle on top of chaat)
2 teaspoon Chaat Masala (to sprinkle on top of chaat)
1/2 cup Sev (fried crunchy Indian snack) (to sprinkle on top of chaat)

Instructions

BAKED KATORI Let's begin with the dough. If baking the katoris -use milk or curd to knead the dough, if frying, use water to knead the dough.
Wash and pat dry a muffin pan. Turn it upside down and grease it with oil. Roll the dough into a circle, big enough to cover the outer side of one muffin mold. Preheat the oven at 350 degree F.
Cover all the muffin molds. Make sure all the canopies (katoris) are clear of each other (not touching each other).
Bake them in the oven for about 10- 20 minutes or until the outer covering is brown. Allow them to sit on the counter for a while. Once cooled remove from the molds..
And the baked katoris are ready for filling.
FOR FRIED KATORI - Roll the dough as shown above. Grease a katori, roll the dough in a circle, place katori in the center and wrap the dough around it.
In the heated oil drop the katori wrapped with dough and fry it.
will start filling up in the katori. Using a tong carefully remove the dough from the katori and pull the katori out. Place the katori on a greased paper towel. Keep frying the dough shaped katori in oil.
Once brown remove from oil and drain it on a paper towel.
Baked and Fried katoris. Empty katoris will remain crisp for 4-5 hours
ASSEMBLING KATORIS Chop boiled potatoes and fry them till golden brown. Instead of frying you can bake the potatoes
Remove pulp from tomatoes and chop them.
Assemble all the ingredients and let's begin filling up these goodies...
Place katori on a clean plate...
Add all the ingredients one by one as mentioned above potatoes ,chhole,chutneys, curd etc.
Enjoy these lip smacking yummylicious katoris !!
Stuff them with the toppings of your choice and enjoy!!

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