Chaat masala is an essential part of Indian street food. Simple chats recipes are incomplete without chaat masala. Chaat masala is a spice powder mix or masala, originating from the Indian cuisine. It is used primarily in Indian, Bangladeshi and Pakistani cuisine.
Chaat masala powder ingredients
The main ingredients of chat masala are dried mango powder, cumin, coriander, dried ginger, black salt, black pepper, asafoetida(hing).
How to make Chaat Masala?
Making chaat masala at home is quite easy and 10 min process. All you have to do is dry roast ingredients and then grind them with other ingredients to make a fine powder.
how to use Chaat Masala?
There are many recipes which uses chaat masala as an important ingredients. Most of the Indian Street food recipes have chaat masala to season it. Sev batata puri, Mango Mint Mocktail, Boondi Raita Recipe, Smoked Buttermilk and Jhalmuri are the quick recipes you can try with chaat masala.
Quick steps for making chat masala,
Heat a pan on low flame and dry roast the cumin seeds, coriander seeds, asafoetida and black peppercorns.
Roast for on medium-low heat until aromatic. This will take about 8-10 minutes.
Turn off the flame and allow it to cool down completely.
Now add the black salt, dry mango powder and dry ginger powder into the pan and mix.
Transfer to a mixer jar and Grind to a fine powder.
Use Chaat Masala is various chaat and buttermilk recipes.
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homemade chaat masala recipe
Equipment
Ingredients
- ¼ cup cumin
- 2 tbsp coriander seeds
- 1 tbsp black pepper powder
- ½ tsp asafoetida
- 2 tbsp black salt
- 1 tbsp dry mango powder(amchur powder)
- 1 tbsp dry ginger powder
Instructions
- heat a pan on low flame and dry roast the cumin seeds, coriander seeds, asafoetida and black peppercorns.
- Roast for on medium-low heat until aromatic. This will take about 8-10 minutes.
- Turn off the flame and allow it to cool completely.
- Now add the black salt, dry mango powder and dry ginger powder into the pan and mix.
- Transfer to a mixer jar and Grind to a fine powder.
- Use Chaat Masala is various chaat and buttermilk recipes.
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have a great day ahead!
Toasting your own spices at home and then grinding them up is the most delicious way to enjoy spices. We have a wonderful market just down the street that has wonderful whole spices and everything we would ever want to make Indian cuisine so we feel very fortunate. Can’t wait to try this recipe mix.
let me know bobbi, how it turns for you guys.
I never made chaat masala at home, always store bought. Now am definitely going to try your recipe. Pinning it.
do try kankana. I am sure you will love it.
Nothing like home made spice mixes and I can’t imagine my pantry without Chaat Masala.
Indian Kitchen is incomplete without chaat masala.
I love your spice mixes, much better than the bought ones. Keeping this one in mind!
Thank you so much adina 🙂
This is a great concept, Priya! We can often find premixed spices over here, but I’ve noticed that the flavor varies greatly. I should totally just keep containers in the pantry of my own mixes instead. Chaat masala is the first one up! 🙂
I am glad you liked it david 🙂