Khatta Aloo Kata

Name: Khatta Aloo Kata
Total time: 1200 s
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 3 potatoes boiled; 1 tomato chopped; 1 small onion chopped; 1 tbsp tamarind chutney; 1 tbsp lemon juice; 1 1/2 tsp coconut chopped; To taste salt; 1/4 tsp black salt; 1/2 tsp chaat masala; 1 tbsp coriander chopped; 1.5 tsp roasted cumin powder; 1/2 tsp roasted coriander powder; 1/4 tsp red chilli powder; 1-2 green chillies chopped finely

Kumkum Chatterjee @cook_12055532

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Khatta Aloo Kata or Sour Potato Bites is a flavourful tangy hot and sour and homestyle street food of Kolkata made with boiled potato,tamarind and few spices.A mild tinge of sweetness of tamarind chutney combined with lemon juice and tomato and red chilli pepper makes it a lip smacking snack.

Kumkum Chatterjee @cook_12055532

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Ingredients

20 minutes

2 servings

3potatoes boiled
1tomato chopped
1small onion chopped
1 tbsptamarind chutney
1 tbsplemon juice
1 1/2 tspcoconut chopped
To taste salt
1/4 tspblack salt
1/2 tspchaat masala
1 tbspcoriander chopped
1.5 tsproasted cumin powder
1/2 tsproasted coriander powder
1/4 tsp red chilli powder
1-2green chillies chopped finely

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Steps

20 minutes

1

Boil or steam potatoes till just soft but not over cooked.Dice into slices.Smear little salt and set aside.Soak tamarind and squeeze out the pulp.Make a hot and sweet chutney by boiling 1/4 th cup pulp with 1.5 tsp sugar or gur, 1/4 th tsp salt,1/4 th tsp ginger paste,pinch of red chilli powder.When it is thick,add roasted cumin powder.Set aside to cool.Chop tomato and onion finely.
2

Chop coconut,tomato,coriander and green chillies.Assemble all the ingredients in a bowl and toss.Add chaat masala,black salt, roasted cumin powder, coriander powder and tamarind chutney. Sprinkle some lemon juice.Add chopped coriander and serve immediately Khatta Aloo Kata (Sour Potato Bites)as an evening snack.Garnishing with papri or sev may be done but optional.