Ghugni

Thankyou Shefali for sharing this recipe with me. This is a bengali street food which like any other chaat is incredibly tasty. And the best part is with a bit of preparation , it is quite easy to make. But now since precooked chick peas and sweet chutney is availale over the counter, this gets ready in a jiffy!

Chick peas / dried peas - 1 cup- soaked for 6 hrs and pressure cooked until soft with a little salt
Potatoes - 2 - boiled and cubed
Onion - 1 big - chopped
Tomato - 1 big -  chopped
Ginger - 1 inch piece grated
Green chilli - 2 - chopped
Sweet chutney - 3 tbsp
Jeera powder - 1 tsp
Chilli powder - 1 tsp
Oil - 2tbsp

Coconut - for garnish

Sev - for garnish
Coriander leaves - for garnish


*Spices to be heated and ground spices -
Clove -2
Cinnamon stick - 2cm
Cumin seed - 1tsp
Coriander seed - 1 tsp

* Freshly ground spice is the best but if you are strapped for time use 1 tbsp garam masala instead.

Heat 1 tbsp oil and add the ground spice / garam masala and potatoes with 1 tsp salt. Mix well until the raw smell of spices goes. Add this to the boiled chick peas.
Heat the other tbsp of oil and fry the onion, green chilli and ginger on a low flame till translucent. Add the jeera powder, chilli powder and mix well.
Add the sweet chutney and fry for 1/2 a minute.
Now tip in the boiled peas mix and add upto 2 cups of water.
Add the tomatoes and boil for 5 minutes.
Serve hot garnished with sev, coconut and coriander leaves.