Katori Chat ~ Benarasi Street food
Katori Chat or Basket katori chaat is a popular Benarasi Street food. This is a fried katori stuffed with peas and topped with chutneys, sev, and boondi. This makes such a delicious snack to enjoy!
Servings 4 numbers
Ingredients
For Katori:
- 2 cups All-Purpose Flour
- 2 tablespoon Cooking Oil/ Ghee
- 1 teaspoon Ajwain
- Salt to Taste
- 1/2 cup Water for kneading
- Cooking Oil for deep frying
For White Peas Filling
- 1 cup Dried White Peas
- Salt to taste
- 2 teaspoon Cooking Oil
- 1 teaspoon Red Chilli Powder
- 1 teaspoon Coriander Powder
For Assembling
- Fried Katoris
- Imli Chutney as required
- Green Chutney as required
- Sweet Curds
- Red Chilli Powder as required
- Chat Masala as required
- Sev as required
- Boondi as required
- Coriander leaves
Instructions
For Katori:
- Take the flour along with Flour, Cooking Oil/ Ghee, and Ajwain along with salt. Mix everything and slowly add water to knead to a stiff dough.
- Pinch into smaller balls. Dust and roll out into 6 discs. Place a katori and cover it completely and cut out excess dough.
- Make sure you prick all over with a fork to make sure it doesn't puff up during deep frying.
- Heat a kadai with oil, drop the dough-covered katori and make sure it is fried. Carefully remove the katori and cook on both sides.
- Drain the fried katori on a kitchen towel.
For White Peas Filling
- Wash and soak dried White Peas overnight. Pressure cook with enough water till it becomes tender.
- Heat a kadai with oil and add Red Chilli Powder, Coriander Powder, and salt.
- Mix well and cook on simmer to get soft peas.
For Assembling
- Place the fried Katoris on a serving plate, add imli chutney, green chutney, next place 2 teaspoons of cooked white peas.
- Next top with sev, boondi, coriander leaves, drizzle with red chilli powder, and chat masala as required. You can serve as such or you can drizzle sweet curds over this and serve right away.
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