Dilli Tokri Chaat

Name: Dilli Tokri Chaat
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: for Tokri/ katori; 1 cup (100 gms) maida; to taste Salt; 1 tbsp Ghee; for stuffing:; for making samosas :; for inner stuffing;; 2 medium boiled potatoes; 2 tbsp boiled fresh green peas and; 1 chopped onion; 1 tbsp oil; 1 tsp cummin seeds; 1 tbsp green chillies-ginger paste; 1/4 cup chopped fresh coriander leaves; 1/4 tsp cloves- cinnamon powder; 1 tsp coarsely grinded coriander seeds; 1 tsp raw fennel seeds (variyali); 1 tsp dry mango powder (aamchur powder); to taste Salt; as needed Oil for frying; for samosa outer covering:; 3/4 cup maida; 2 tbsp oil/ ghee; 1/4 tsp ajwain seeds; 1 tsp lemon juice; to taste Salt; for For crispy onion pakoras:; 2 big onions sliced; 1 cup besan; 1/4 tsp turmeric powder

Jasmin Motta _ #BeingMotta @cook_12567865

#streetfoodofindia
Dilli Tokri Chaat..also known as katori chaat is one
of the popular chaat delicacies from North India.
This authentic streetfood is made of special maida tokri/ katori shaped basket stuffed with spicy potato mixture and chutneys, yogurt, garnish with sev.
Here I prepared this chaat stuffing tokri with potato samosa( Delhi samosa), cripsy onion pakoras,and chutneys, curd, garnishing with sev and pomegranate pearls.

Jasmin Motta _ #BeingMotta @cook_12567865

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Ingredients

4 servings

for Tokri/ katori
1 cup (100 gms)maida
to tasteSalt
1 tbspGhee
for stuffing:
for making samosas :
for inner stuffing;
2medium boiled potatoes
2 tbspboiled fresh green peas and
1chopped onion
1 tbspoil
1 tspcummin seeds
1 tbspgreen chillies-ginger paste
1/4 cupchopped fresh coriander leaves
1/4 tspcloves- cinnamon powder
1 tspcoarsely grinded coriander seeds
1 tspraw fennel seeds (variyali)
1 tspdry mango powder (aamchur powder)
to tasteSalt
as neededOil for frying
for samosa outer covering:
3/4 cupmaida
2 tbspoil/ ghee
1/4 tspajwain seeds
1 tsplemon juice
to tasteSalt
for For crispy onion pakoras:
2big onions sliced
1 cupbesan
1/4 tspturmeric powder
2 tbspred chilli powder
1/2 tspajwain seeds
2 tbspfinely chopped fresh coriander leaves
to tasteSalt
for For Tokri/ katori chaat
8tokri/katoris basket
2finely chopped tomatoes
2finely chopped onions
8sev puri
50 gmsbesan sev
as required Sweet chutney
as required Pudhina chutney
1 cupyoghurt/ fresh dahi (whisked)
as required Finely chopped fresh coriander leaves for garnish
as required Chaat masala
as required Pomegranate seeds

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Steps

1

In mixing bowl add maida, oil/ ghee,salt mix and bind into tight dough. Cover & keep aside for 1/2 hour. Make 8 equal balls. Roll each into semi thick puris. Place & stick this rolled puri on back side of katori (as shown). Put in hot oil, deep fry on medium flame,as the steel katori and Tokri.. separate, remove steel katori from hot oil,lower the flame and fry tokri till golden brown and crispy. Similarly prepared all tokris in this way.
2

For samosa stuffing..mash boiled potatoes when they are still warm. In kadhai add heat oil,do tempering of cummin seeds,as they splutter add & saute green chillies ginger paste & chopped coriander leaves,till dry mixture formed. Now add mashed potatoes mixture, boiled peas and add all spices.Mix well and cool the mixture before stuffing.
3

Prepare soft dough for samosa outer covering from mentioned ingredients for it. Divide prepared dough into 4 balls, flatten each of them into round puris cut in half,fold each half to make cone, stuffed each cone with prepared potato mixture..seal the edges and deep fry prepared samosas in hot oil on slow flame till golden colour and crispy.
4

Prepare crispy onion pakoras..in mixing bowl add sliced onion, sprinkle & mix salt. Keep aside for 10 mins. Now add besan and spices mix and deep fry Cripsy Onion Pakoras in hot oil on medium flame.
5

To prepare Tokri Chaat.. Keep all the required ingredients ready.
6

In mixing bowl (for individual serving),add 1 samosa,break into pieces. Add 4 small size crispy onion pakoras, 1 crushed sev puri, chopped tomato, onion,chaat masala. Mix well. Fill this prepared mixture in one prepared tokri, pour sweet chutney, phudina-kothmari chutney, whisked yogurt, sprinkle besan sev, finely chopped coriander leaves,chaat masala and serve it garnishing with pomegranate seeds.
7

Similarly prepared all Dilli Tokri Chaat..at the time of serving.