Healthy and diabetes friendly raw pumpkin chaat recipe
Calories: 150kcal
Ingredients
- 1 cup raw pumpkin thinly sliced
- 1 onion medium
- 1 tomato medium
- ½ cup green gram sprouted and roasted
- handful peanuts (or as required)
- 2 tbsps curd or yoghurt
- 2 tbsps mint coriander chutney
- 2 tbsps tamarind chutney
- 2 tbsps coriander leaves chopped
- 1 tsp chaat masala
- salt and pepper as required
- 1 tsp lemon juice
For mint coriander chutney
- 1 cup fresh mint leaves
- 1 cup fresh coriander leaves
- 2 green chillies (or as required)
- ½ inch ginger peeled and chopped
- 2 tbsps lemon juice
Instructions
For roasted green gram or moong dal
- Wash 1/2 cup of moong or green gram dal in a bowl of water and soak in enough water. Keep on the counter in a dark but warm place, covered with a light cloth, overnight or even longer till the sprouts come forth.
- Once the sprouts come out wash them roughly in water again and keep aside.
- Now heat a pan and add 1 tsp of oil. Add the sprouts into the pan and roast till they turn a little brown.
- Sprinkle some salt once they're done.
- Allow them to cool before using.
For mint coriander chutney
- Pluck the mint and coriander leaves from their stems
- Rinse them well in a strainer
- In a mixie or grinder add the other ingredients from the chutney list along with the leaves
- Add some salt and water. Blend to a smooth paste.
For raw pumpkin chaat
- In a wide bowl add the raw pumpkin pieces, onions, tomatoes, roasted moong or green gram and peanuts
- Next add the curd, mint coriander chutney and tamarind chutney
- Now mix and add the chaat masala and salt as required.
- Garnish with onions and coriander leaves.
Notes
- You can get tamarind chutney from any Indian or Asian store
- You can add more ingredients to this chaat or replace green gram with chickpeas
- You can add or omit the chutneys as per your preferences.
- Adding sev will really give a lift to this healthy chaat.