BBC Food - Recipes - Karara aloo chaat (crisp potato salad)

BBC Food - Recipes - Karara aloo chaat (crisp potato salad)

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Chaat masala is the spice mix that gives that characteristic zing to Indian snacks. Here it’s used to flavour crisp fried potatoes with a quick homemade chutney and a yogurt foam.

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Ingredients

  • 250g/9oz yoghurt
  • 50ml/2fl oz single cream
  • 50ml/2fl oz sugar syrup
  • siphon with two charges
  • vegetable oil , for shallow and deep frying
  • 500g/1lb 2oz King Edward potatoes, peeled and cut into large cubes
  • 100g/3½oz purple or Peruvian potatoes , thinly sliced using a mandoline
  • sea salt
  • 100g/3½oz granulated sugar
  • 2 tbsp mango powder
  • 1 tsp mild Kashmiri chili powder or sweet paprika
  • 1 tbsp black salt (kala namak)
  • 1 tsp toasted cumin powder (seeds toasted and ground to powder)
  • 1 tsp ground ginger
  • 1 tsp powdered fennel seeds
  • salt , to taste
  • ½ pomegranate , seeds only
  • 1 tbsp coriander leaves, chopped
  • 1 tbsp mint leaves, chopped
  • baby watercress
  • chaat masala and red chilli powder , mixed together in a shaker to sprinkle

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