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.

Check out my fellow bloggers participate in Blogging Marathon #40.
Also sending this one to Kids delight-Fat free kid's friendly recipes event happenings atPriya's Space started by Srivalli.