Hi,

Does anyone have a good recipe for Chicken Chaat, I tried Kris Dhillons one last night and although it was ok it could have been better 

Thanks

I have never tried this recipe that I got off the web some time ago.
If you do try it let us know how it turned out.

4    chicken breasts 
50ml sunflower oil 
1/2    teaspoon turmeric powder 
Salt 
3    tablespoons onions, julienned 
3    tablespoons red capsicums, julienned 
4    tablespoons tomatoes, julienned 
1    teaspoon chaat masala   
1/2    teaspoon red chili powder 
1    tablespoon fresh lemon juice   

Simmer the chicken breasts with salt and turmeric powder for 15 minutes.
Drain the chicken and when cool enough to handle shred the chicken.
Heat the sunflower oil in a frying pan and saute the julienned onion, capsicum and tomatoes for 5 minutes.
Add the shredded chicken.
Add the chaat masala and chili powder and toss to mix well.
Sprinkle with lemon juice and serve.

Thanks Mate,

I tried one from a different restaurant the other night and that had tomatoes and onion in it as per your recipe!? The one Ive had from my usual place doesn't and has a very different flavour.? I shall try and give it a go this weekend.

Cheers
cK

Quote from: tempest63 on January 12, 2005, 01:52 PM
Simmer the chicken breasts with salt and turmeric powder for 15 minutes.
Drain the chicken and when cool enough to handle shred the chicken.

Presumably simmer in water, turmeric and salt yes? (I would have thought so)

My trouble is getting hold of chaat masala (or the black volcanic salt to make it myself), my local asian grocer doesnt stock either (to be fair its about the only thing he doesnt stock)

You could get some from good old East End http://www.in2curry.co.uk/sop/product_details.asp?fProductID=292

Not a bad price but at the Indian emporium near me its about 60p a packet.

Quote from: tempest63 on January 12, 2005, 01:52 PM
I have never tried this recipe that I got off the web some time ago.
If you do try it let us know how it turned out.

I made this at the weekend and it was very nice, Ive had two completely different chicken chaats from different restaurants and this was similar to one of them.  This is an ideal side dish to make if you don't quite have enough chicken for a full curry, only takes a few minutes as well.

Cheers
cK

Chicken chatt for 1

ingredients a few small pieces tikka chiken cut into small bits 1 cm cubed.
2 or 3 tablespoons of chopped onion- not really fine.
1 teaspoon of spice blend/curry powder
half teaspoon of chatt masala(if you do not have this use another half teaspoon cury powder- it is really not that important and is horrible if over used)
1 and a half teaspoon pureed mango chutney.
half portion of curry gravy (the sort that contains not to much garlic ginger and not too much tomato such as the brick lane version on this site).
2 tablespoons of vegetable ghee.
a few pieces of chopped cucumber(optional)
chopped coriander.
1 chapatti.
side garnish

heat the vegetable ghee and fry the onions until they are light yellow.
then add the curry powder/chatt masala.
cook for about 10 seconds and drop in a ladle of diluted curry gravy.
whilst this is evaporating stir in the chicken and mango chutney and cucumber.

cook until evaporated and add in the rest of the sauce.

cook for 5 more minutes.

in the last minute put the chappatti into a chip fryer and cook for about 30 seconds. this is known as a puri.
serve the chaat onto the puri and scatter coriander over the chaat.

serve with side salad.

Depending on the style of your base sauce you may wish to add a very small amount of tomato puree at the start with the spice powder. Do not add extra garlic or ginger.
you may add more mango puree if required.

do not use mango power in replace of the mango puree it is ghastly stuff.

I personally avoid the cucumber but most curry houses seem to have it in theirs.