Oops! I was trying to edit my post but hit ‘delete’ by mistake, and there is no ‘undo’ button? (smh!)
Retyping. This is a ‘my turn to cook’ night. I made a riff on chaat, loosely based on this Nick Sharma recipe that he calls salad.
I made many changes: kala chana instead of lentils, cooked the chana w/ onions and spices, broccoli and summer squash roasted on the stove top because no cauliflower, beaten yogurt, tamarind and mint chutneys, various crunchy toppings.
A beautiful early summer night in Jersey (actually yesterday) was screaming for some outdoor cooking. I put together some kabobs of chicken and steak as well as a grilled eggplant salad and a side of yellow rice.
It usually does. I sprinkled some other spices (IIRC toasted cumin, red chilli powder, sumac instead of amchoor, black salt) instead. The main ingredients (chana, paneer, vegetables) were spiced quite simply, so chaat masala would definitely have worked here.
(There was paneer cubes in the dish too. Edit window on original post has lapsed.)
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ChristinaM
(Hungry in Asheville, NC (still plenty to offer tourists post Hurricane))
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