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Indian Cooking Recipe : How to Make Katori Chaat

Ingredients for the Recipe
For the katoris :

• ½ cup maida
• ¼ cup butter, softened
• ¼ tsp salt

For the filling :

• 1 cup mixed sprouts
• ½ tsp jeera
• a pinch hing
• 2 tsp chilli powder
• 2 tsp dhania-jeera powder
• ¼ tsp haldi powder
• 1 tsp chana masala
• 1 tsp amchur
• 2 tbsp oil
• salt to taste

For serving :

• Khajur imli ki chatni
• Green chutni
• Beaten curds
• Nylon sev or sev
• Chaat masala

Recipe (How to Make):

For the katoris :

1. Mix the flour, butter and salt to make a stiff dough by using a little water.
2. Divide the dough into 2 equal parts.
3. Roll each part into a sheet of 6 mm (¼") thickness.
4. Use a large 50 mm (2") diameter cookie cutter and cut rounds of pastry and press into tarts moulds.
5. Prick all over with a fork
6. Bake in a hot oven at 230ºC (450ºF) for at least 10 to 15 minutes.
7. Cool the tart cases.

For the filling :

1. Heat the oil in the pan and put the jeera. When they crackle put the hing.
2. Put the sprouts, dhania-jeera powder, chilli powder, haldi powder, chana masala, amchur, salt and 2 tbsp of water and mixed properly.
3. Cook on a slow flame for 4 to 5 minutes.
4. Keep aside.

How to proceed :

1. Fill each tart with a part of the filling.
2. Put the curds, chaat masala, khajur imli ki chutney, green chutney and sev on the top.
3. Ready to serve.