Kala Channa Chaat/Salad - Black Chickpeas Salad

For this edition of blogging marathon I chose the evening snacks and I will be showcasing the evening snacks for next few days.

For day 1,its a simple and healthy snack cum chaat can be made in no time.Here I used black chickpeas,if you want you can use the white one,lets move on to the recipe..............

Basic Information

Soaking time 6-8 hours
Preparation time 15 minutes
Cooking time 10 minutes(to cook chickpeas)
Serves 2

Ingredients

Ingredient	Quantity
Black chickpeas/kondakadalai	1 cup(soaked)
Roasted peanuts/verkadalai	1-2 tbs
Onion(finely chopped)	1(small size)
Tomato(finely chopped)	2 tbs
Green chilly/pachamilagi	1-2 (chopped)
Grated Carrot	1-2 tbs
Raw mango/mangai(chopped)	1-2 tbs
Chaat masala powder	1/4 tsp
Roasted Cumin powder	1/4 tsp
Coriander leaves(chopped)	2 tsp
Lemon juice	1-2 tsp
Salt	1/2-3/4 tsp

Method

Cook the soaked chickpeas in a pressure cooker for 2 whistles along with 1/2 tsp of salt, in a medium flame.Drain the excess water and keep it aside.

To this cooked chickpeas add the all the ingredients except lemon juice,finally squeeze the lemon juice and mix it well till everything gets blend well.

Serve it immediately.

Enjoy.......................................................

To make it more healthier and colorful,steamed corn kernels can also be added.
Instead of lemon juice,aamchur powder can also be used.

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