Delhi Street style Matra matar chaat

Name: Delhi Street style Matra matar chaat
Total time: 1500 s
Yield: 2-3 people
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 1 cup Dry white peas; 1 Chopped onion medium onion; 1 Chopped tomatoes medium tomato; 2 tsp Lemon juice; As needed Tamarind chutney; 3 chopped green chillies; 5 tsp Chopped coriander leaves; 1 inch Finely Chopped ginger; to taste Salt; To taste Kala namak (black salt); 1/4 tsp Roasted cumin powder; 1/4 tsp Red chilli powder

The Daily Delish by Neeti Malik @cook_22873865

Having lived in Delhi for almost 8 years, Matra was an essential part of my daily diet. Whenever I used to be in a hurry during college days and miss my breakfast at the hostel, I used to grab a plate of Matra and kulcha from the street stalls. It practically became my go-to breakfast. It was extremely economical, filling and delicious, all at once. I became so fond of it, that later when I started working and shifted to an apartment, I actually used to store boiled white peas in the refrigerator and whenever I used to be hungry I would quickly mix the peas with some onion, tomatoes and spices and make a tasty chaat.

The Daily Delish by Neeti Malik @cook_22873865

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Ingredients

25 minutes

2-3 people

1 cup Dry white peas
1 Chopped onion medium onion
1 Chopped tomatoes medium tomato
2 tsp Lemon juice
As needed Tamarind chutney
3chopped green chillies
5 tsp Chopped coriander leaves
1 inch Finely Chopped ginger
to tasteSalt
To taste Kala namak (black salt)
1/4 tspRoasted cumin powder
1/4 tsp Red chilli powder

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Steps

25 minutes

1

Take 1 cup white peas and soak them overnight in 3-4 cups of water.
2

Next morning, Put the soaked peas along with the same water and 1 tsp salt in a pressure cooker and boil the peas till the are soft. This would take around 4-5 whistles
3

Once the steam evaporates, open the lid of the cooker and check if the peas is properly boiled. If not, put them back on the stove and boil for another 2-3 whistles.
4

Mash some peas in the cooker and make sure the peas have absorbed the remaining water. The peas should be a little mushy.
5

Transfer the mashed peas to a big bowl. Add chopped onion, tomato, ginger, coriander leaves, green chillies, salt, black salt, red chilli powder, roasted cumin powder and lemon juice. Mix everything really well.
6

If you want you can add tamarind chutney as well to make the chaat even more tangy and flavourful but I like my matra with lots of lemon juice.
7

The chaat is ready. You can serve it as it is or enjoy it with crispy kulchas or bread.