Terai-Style Chatpate

Ingredients

• •Puffed rice
• •Boiled potato
• •Chickpeas
• •Tomato
• •Onion
• •Green chili
• •Tamarind
• •Chaat masala
• •Lemon juice
• •Fresh coriander
• •Sev

Steps

1. 1Set a large steel bowl on the street cart and tip in a generous mound of puffed rice.
2. 2Add diced boiled potato and boiled chickpeas, then scatter over finely chopped onion, tomato, and green chili.
3. 3Whisk tamarind pulp with a little water and a spoonful of chaat masala until it forms a thin, tangy sauce.
4. 4Pour the tamarind sauce over the puffed rice mixture and toss everything vigorously with two long spoons, the way vendors do it to coat every grain evenly.
5. 5Squeeze fresh lemon juice over the top and sprinkle on a little more chaat masala and salt to sharpen the flavor.
6. 6Toss once more, then finish with a shower of crunchy sev and chopped coriander leaves.
7. 7Spoon the chatpate into a small paper cone or bowl and hand it over immediately, before the puffed rice has any chance to soften.