Popcorn bhel recipe | Popcorn chaat
Popcorn bhel recipe | Popcorn chaat is a fusion recipe of making indian style chaat/snack. This zero oil, gluten free, vegan and vegetarian recipe is super simple that uses popcorn and other indian style chat ingredients along with some chutneys like Green chutney, and Imli ki chutney.
Servings 3
Ingredients
- Raw Popcorn kernels – 100 grams
- Tomato de seeded & finely chopped – 1 small sized
- Pomegranate pearls – 1/4 cup
- Boiled american corn - 1/2 cup
- Black olives – 4 thinly sliced
- Jalapenos – 2 to 3
- Raw green mango – 1/2
- Green capsicum -1/4
- spring onions – 1
- Chaat masala – 1/4 tsp
- Salt to taste
- Red chilli powder – 1/2 tsp
- Lemon juice – 1 tsp
- Imli chutney – 2 tsp
- Dhania pudina chutney – 2 tsp
- Namkeen sev/ Bhujia – 3 spoons
- Roasted peanuts – 1/4 cup
- Coriander leaves - for garnish
Instructions
- Let’s first know how to pop corn.
- Put salt at the base of cooker. Heat it for a minute. Add corn kernels. Once they start to pop, cover the cooker without whistle but with gasket on.
- Once corn kernels finished popping switch off the flame and let it cool.
- OR
- You can use readymade popcorn pack and pop it according to instructions given for the same.
- After that cut all the veges into small dices.
- To assemble :
- Take a wide bowl, put finely chopped onion, tomato, spring onion, carrot, corn, cucumber and capsicum. To this add green raw mango pieces, pomegranate pearls, black olives, jalapenos and roasted peanuts.
- Mix in all the spices like chaat masala, salt, red chilly powder and mix it well. Taste the test and adjust the seasoning accordingly.
- Drizzle lemon juice, add green chutney and imli chutney. Add slightly crushed popcorns in the last. Top it with namkeen sev bhujia.
- Mix this nicely so that everything gets blended well.
- Garnish with coriander leaves and serve immediately.
- Enjoy with hot cup of tea/coffee or just like that to satisfy your hunger pangs.