Chaat(yoghurt salad) (Salads)

Member Name: TheWriter

Product:	Salads
Date:	02/02/09 (65 review reads)
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Advantages: Easy to prepare with no cooking time

Disadvantages: You'll become addicted...

The "chaat" dish originates from South East Asia and is sold on the streets as a tasty snack. I often serve it as an alternative to a salad when I'm making Asian food but it's a great fridge-snack for emergencies!

This makes a great alternative salad using yoghurt as it's base. It's flexible to allow you to make use of anything you may have in the kitchen- throw it all in here! I have inclued some optional ingredients but if you make it using my basic ingredients I assure you it will be delicious!

Makes:-
Enough for three people

You will need:-

Greek style Yoghurt- Half a tub
Sliced red onions- 2 small ones
Butter beans-cooked- half a tin
Lettuce- shredded, a handful
Cherry tomatoes-Sliced, a handful
Cucumber- Sliced, about half of one
Chickpeas- Drained, half a tin
Red pepper- Sliced, one
Chopped potato-cooked, 3 small new potatos but any will do
Green and Yellow peppers optional- Prepared in the same way as the red pepper above
Sliced green chillies optional
Mint leaves optional
Lime/lemon juice to taste

Method:-

Mix all of the above ingredients and place in a tub in the fridge. The green chillies will give it a hot kick if you like that otherwise it's filling and tasty without them. Another traditional way of making chaat is to use ground red chillies but it becomes more spicy so be warned!

This is a lovely and unusual dish but very healthy as it mainly consists of vegetables, beans and chickpeas.

If you don't have Greek style yoghurt (available from Tescos and most supermarkets but not actual Greek yoghurt which is a bit thick for this recipe) then try Live Yoghurt instead which is less tasty but does the same job.

Summary: A quick and tasty snack that you can help yourself to whenever you feel peckish.