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Lachko bhel | bhel puri recipe | bhel mix namkeen recipe | chat chutney recipe

Author Nehas Cook Book
5 from 1 vote
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 40 minutes
Course chaat, Snack
Cuisine indian street food
Servings 5

Ingredients
 

For bhel mix

  • 250 grm murmura
  • ½ cup peanuts
  • ½ cup roasted chana dal
  • 1 cup thick poha
  • ¼ cup oil
  • ½ tsp hing
  • 1 tsp turmeric powder
  • 10-12 curry leaves
  • 1 tsp red chilli powder
  • ½ cup chana namkeen
  • 12-15 papdi
  • ½ cup fried boondi
  • 2 cup sev
  • Salt to taste
  • 2 tbsp dry mango powder
  • 5 tbsp powder sugar

For khatti meethi imli chutney

  • 100 grm tamarind - imli soaked into 2 cup hot water
  • 1 tbsp oil
  • 1 tsp cumin seeds
  • Pinch of hing
  • 1 cup jaggery
  • ½ cup mishri - sakar
  • Salt to taste
  • ¼ tsp black salt
  • 1 tsp roasted cumin powder
  • ½ tsp red chilli powder
  • ½ tsp ginger powder
  • ½ tsp fennel seeds powder
  • 1 tbsp melon seeds

For green chutney

  • 1 cup fresh coriander leaves
  • 1 tbsp chopped raw mango pieces
  • 1 inch ginger
  • 2 green chilli
  • 1 tsp cumin seeds
  • 1 tsp chaat masala
  • 1 tbsp lemon juice
  • 1 tsp sugar
  • 1 tbsp roasted chana dal
  • Salt to taste
  • 4-5 ice cubes or cold water

For garlic chutney

  • 10-12 kashmiri red chilli soaked into hot water
  • 9-10 garlic cloves
  • 1 tsp black salt
  • 1 tsp jeera powder
  • Salt to taste
  • ¼ cup water

Assembling lachko bhel

  • Bhel mix
  • Chopped onion
  • Chopped tomatoes
  • Chopped raw mango pieces
  • Boiled potato pieces
  • Chopped green chilli
  • Chat masala
  • Garlic chutney
  • Green chutney
  • Khatti meethi imli ki chutney
  • ½ lemon juice
  • Coriander leaves
  • Garnish with raw mango pieces - coriander leaves, sev

Instructions

Making bhel mix

  • In a pan, add murmrua and dry roast it on low-medium flame. then add into a mixing bowl.
  • Now heat oil in a pan, take peanuts in a sieve, and immerse the sieve in the oil. Fry the peanuts till they are light brown. Add fried peanuts into the mixing bowl.
  • Then fry roasted chana dal and thick poha into hot oil and add them to mixing bowl.
  • Now in a bowl, heat 4 tbsp oil and switch off the gas. Then add hing, turmeric powder, curry leaves, and red chili powder. Sauté it
  • Then add tempering into the mixing bowl and mix well.
  • Now add chana namkeen, papdi, fried boondi and sev.
  • Also add salt, dry mango powder, and powder sugar. mix well.
  • Bhel mix is ready. Store it in air-tight container.

For khatti meethi imli chutney

  • Soaked 100 grm tamarind into 2 cups of hot water.
  • When tamarind is soaked properly, add into mixture jar and grind it. sieve tamarind pulp and keep it aside.
  • Now in a pan, add oil, jeera, and hing. Sauté it.
  • Add tamarind pulp and mix well.
  • Then add jaggery and mishri (sakar). Mix well and cook on low flame till it completely dissolves.
  • Now add salt, black salt, cumin powder, dry ginger powder, red chili powder and saunf powder. Mix well.
  • Switch off and cool down the chutney mixture.
  • Add 1 tbsp watermelon seeds and mix well.
  • Khatti meethi Tamarind chutney is ready.

Making green chutney

  • In a mixing jar, add green coriander leaves, raw mango pieces, green chili, ginger, cumin seeds, chaat masala, lemon juice, sugar, roasted chana dal, salt, and ice cubes.
  • grind it into a smooth paste.
  • Green chutney is ready.

Making garlic chutney

  • In a mixture jar, add 10-12 soaked kashmiri red chili, garlic cloves, black salt, jeera powder, salt, and water
  • Garlic chutney is ready.

Assembling lachko bhel

  • In a deep container, make a layer of bhel mix, chopped onion, chopped tomatoes, raw mango pieces, boiled potatoes, chopped green chili, chat masala, garlic chutney, green chutney, and tamarind chutney. (refer to video)
  • Now make another layer as above.
  • Cover the container with a lid and shake.
  • Lachko bhel is ready, serve immediately.

Notes

  • roast murmura on medium flame till it becomes crispy.
  • you can fry soaked and dry chana dal instead of roasted chana dal.
  • amchur powder and sugar (mishri) powder gives chatpata flavor to bhel mix.
  • addition of some mishri (sakar) gives halwai style taste to imli chutney.
  • ice cubes or cold water helps to retain the green color of the chutney while green chutney grinding it.
  • lachko bhel tastes great when it is served spicy, sour, and slightly sweet.