Red Chori chaat
Author: Ujwala Chintala
Serves: 4
- 2 cups - Red chori beans / Adzuki beans
- 1-2 tsp - chili powder depending on your spice level
- 1 tsp - ground coriander powder
- 1 tbsp - cumin powder
- 5 - green onion
- 1 small red onion
- 1 - red bell pepper
- salt
- ½ cup sprouts - optional
- ½ cup thin sev (chick pea flour crunchies)
- 1 - lime
- 1 bunch cilantro
- salt
- Green chutney
- ½ cup cilantro
- ½ cup mint (pudina)
- 1 tbsp - peanuts
- salt
- Tamarind chutney
- ½ cup dates - optional. Dates give chutney excellent flavor
- 1 2 inches tamarind ball
- ⅛th Tsp - salt
- ⅛th tsp - garam masala
- ¼th tsp - jeera powder (cumin)
- Soak beans for at least 6 hours.
- Add salt and cook beans in pressure cooker or pot till soft.
- Add oil in a pot and heat to medium.
- Add onion, red bell pepper. Cook for 2 minutes.
- Add cooked beans, chili powder, coriander powder, salt and cumin powder. Cook for 10 minutes. Turn off the stove.
- For green chutney
- Roast peanuts. Let them cool.
- Grind peanuts, cilantro, mint, and salt till smooth.
- For tamarind chutney
- Soak tamarind in as little water for 15 minutes. Squeeze thick juice.
- Grind dates, tamarind, and remaining ingredients till paste.
- Cook tamarind chutney for 10 minutes till the raw smell is gone.
- Separate alfalfa sprouts. Cut cilantro.
- Take cooked beans into a serving bowl.
- Top with the desired amount of green chutney, tamarind chutney, sprouts, quarter lime, and sev.
- Serve immediately.
Recipe by Ujwala's Delicacies at https://www.ujwalasdelicacies.com/red-chori-adzuki-beans-chaat/
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