Sweet Potato Chana Chaat
Sweet potato chana chaat is a delicious Indian street food. It is a sweet, spicy, and tangy dish. It is gluten free and vegan as well! You can enjoy it whenever you have cravings for eating chaat without feeling guilty. This sweet potato chana chaat is a very healthy snack than most of the chaat recipes which involves deep frying. I have added some sev – small pieces of crunchy noodles made with chickpea flour. You can totally skip it to make a completely healthy chaat recipe.
You will find aloo chana chaat on the streets of India with boiled potatoes and chickpeas. I have made this chaat using oven roasted sweet potatoes and it tastes equally delicious.
Sweet potatoes are a great source of vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, and fiber.
Chickpeas, also known as chana in India, are part of the legume family. Chickpeas are high in protein and make an excellent replacement for meat in vegetarian and vegan diets.
Chickpeas and sweet potatoes taste amazing together. I love the sweetness and crunchiness of the oven roasted sweet potatoes. They blend perfectly with chickpeas, tamarind date chutney, and mint coriander chutney…Yum!
Table of Contents
Ingredients
For Oven Roasted Sweet Potatoes:
- Sweet potato
- Turmeric powder/Haldi
- Red chili powder
- Salt
- Oil
For Masala Peanuts:
- Roasted peanuts
- Red chili powder
- Salt
- Oil
For Coriander Mint Chutney :
- Coriander leaves
- Mint leaves
- Green chili
- Lime juice
- Cumin seeds
- Roasted dalia split
- Salt
- Sugar
For Chana Chaat :
- Boiled chickpeas
- Red onion
- Coriander leaves
- Chaat masala
- Red chili powder
- Salt
- Pomegranate seeds
- Sev
- Tamarind date chutney
Sweet Potato Chana Chaat Step By Step Recipe
For Oven Roasted Sweet Potatoes
Chop the sweet potatoes into cubes. In a mixing bowl, combine sweet potatoes, oil, turmeric powder, chili powder, and salt. Mix everything well.
Line a baking tray with aluminum foil and spread the sweet potato cubes in a single layer.
Preheat the oven to 400℉/200℃ and roast the sweet potato for 18-20 minutes, flipping halfway through. Set aside.
For Masala Peanuts
In a pan, add some oil, chili powder, salt, and roasted peanuts and fry for 2 minutes. Keep it aside.
For Coriander Mint Chutney
Wash and roughly chop coriander and mint leaves. Cut chili into medium pieces.
In a grinding jar, blend together coriander, mint, chili, cumin seeds, roasted dalia split, salt, sugar, and lemon juice, adding 1 tbsp of water. Keep it aside.
Assembling Sweet Potato Chana Chaat
In a large bowl add boiled and drained chickpeas, roasted sweet potatoes, masala peanuts, onion, coriander, red chili powder, chaat masala, and salt. Combine everything well.
Serve the sweet potato chana chaat with some coriander mint chutney, tamarind date chutney, pomegranate seeds, coriander leaves, and some sev.
How To Store Sweet Potato Chaat?
Serve the chaat immediately once you mix all the ingredients.
You can store the tamarind date chutney and mint coriander chutney in the refrigerator.
Oven roast the sweet potatoes and store them into the refrigerator and warm it up in the oven for 4-5 minutes.
Keep the boiled chickpeas ready in the refrigerator, or you can use store bought canned chickpeas as well. Make sure you are washing and draining the canned chickpeas before using in the chaat.
You can make masala peanuts ahead of time and store them into an airtight container or you can buy store bought masala peanuts as well.
How To Serve Sweet Potato Chana Chaat?
Enjoy the sweet potato chana chaat whenever you feel like having some sweet, spicy, and tangy.
Serve this chaat as an evening snack with a hot cup of masala chai or coffee.
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Sweet Potato Chana Chaat
Ingredients
For Oven Roasted Sweet Potatoes
- 250 grams Sweet potato cut into cubes
- 1/8 tsp Turmeric Powder/Haldi
- 1/3 tsp Red chili powder
- 1/2 tsp Salt or as required
- 2 tsp Oil
For Masala Peanuts
- 1/4 cup Roasted peanuts
- 1/4 tsp Red chili powder
- 1/4 tsp Salt or as required
- 1/4 tsp Oil
For Coriander Mint Chutney
- 1/2 cup Coriander leaves/Dhania patta roughly chopped
- 15-20 Mint leaves roughly chopped
- 1 Green chili chopped
- 1/4 tsp Lime juice
- 1/4 tsp Cumin Seeds/Jeera
- 2 tbsp Roasted dalia split
- 1/3 tsp Salt
- 1/8 tsp Sugar
- 1 tbsp Water
For Chana Chaat
- 2 cups Chickpeas boiled and drained
- 1/2 cup Red onion chopped
- 1/4 cup Coriander leaves/Dhania patta chopped
- 1 tsp Chaat masala
- 1/2 tsp Red chili powder
- 1/2 tsp Salt or as required
- Pomegranate seeds for garnishing
- Sev for garnishing
- 2-3 tbsp Tamarind date chutney
Instructions
For Oven Roasted Sweet Potatoes
- Chop the sweet potatoes into cubes. In a mixing bowl, combine sweet potatoes, oil, turmeric powder, chili powder, and salt. Mix everything well.
- Line a baking tray with aluminum foil and spread the sweet potato cubes in a single layer.
- Preheat the oven to 400℉/200℃ and roast the sweet potato for 18-20 minutes, flipping halfway through. Set aside.
For Masala Peanuts
- In a pan, add some oil, chili powder, salt, and roasted peanuts and fry for 2 minutes. Keep it aside.
For Coriander Mint Chutney
- Wash and roughly chop coriander and mint leaves. Cut chili into medium pieces.
- In a grinding jar, blend together coriander, mint, chili, cumin seeds, roasted dalia split, salt, sugar, and lemon juice, adding 1 tbsp of water. Keep it aside.
Assembling Sweet Potato Chana Chaat
- In a large bowl add boiled and drained chickpeas, roasted sweet potatoes, masala peanuts, onion, coriander, red chili powder, chaat masala, and salt. Combine everything well.
- Serve the sweet potato chana chaat with some coriander mint chutney, tamarind date chutney, pomegranate seeds, coriander leaves, and some sev.
Notes
- Serve the chaat immediately once you mix all the ingredients or it may release some juices.
- You can buy store bought canned chickpeas. Make sure you are washing and draining them before using.
- You can add store bought masala peanuts, coriander mint chutney, and tamarind date chutney. You can make my homemade recipe of tamarind date chutney.
- Skip adding sev if you want the chaat to be more healthy. Sev: small pieces of deep fried crunchy noodles made with chickpea flour.
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Tried this recipe. It turns out awesome. Such a healthy option in Chaat never knew. In fact it tasted much yummier than other chaat items. One should definitely try this recipe.. highly recommended 😊👍
I am so glad to hear that you enjoyed the recipe. Thank you Gauravi!