Sweet potato dhahi chat

The entire world revolves around being loved . Love is a universal language that has no explanation as how it makes you feel . But each human being does get to experience what it feels like for sure through our parents , siblings , children , friends , relatives etc…. Like wise I have very few people who shower their love over me just for the reason of liking me with no connection at all . One person among them is “poongothai ” who is a live in help from hubby dears ancestral village . When ever she comes to visit me , she makes it a point to get some thing or the other for me and most of the time it’s the seasons local produce . Last time she visited me it was sweet potatoes that she had got . Fed up of just boiling and eating it the regular way , remembered taking note of a savoury dish in one of my cook books . Searched and found the recipe and started of with it . As prepping for the dish , I started to crave for a chat dish . Being a chameleon changed my mind and decided to do a fusion dish of sweet potato chat . Made a dahi chat with the savoury sweet potato balls and served it to hubby dear ( poor rat of my kitchen laboratory . A big yes from his side , that led to parcels being sent over to my in- laws and my friends in the gym . A sure fire hit with every one . Just a spoon full will let temptation take over to blast your senses . In a few days , my mother – in – law asks me for the recipe which took me to cloud nine as my culinary guru ( my mother – in – law ) asking for a recipe happens only once in a blue moon

Ingredients for sweet potatoes

Method

1. Heat oil one tablespoon in a non – stick vessel . Add ginger + garlic paste and fry to brown .add onions and fry to translucent.
2. Top with fennel seed powder , cumin seed powder , cinnamon powder , clove powder , salt , red chilly powder and turmeric powder. Mix well .
3. Add the cooked , mashed sweet potato and mix well in low flame for a minute or two . Remove from heat and cool completely. Add chopped mint , coriander leaves and chick peas flour . Mix well .
4. Roll this mix into lemon sized balls . Heat oil to deep fry .
5. Drop the balls in batches of 3 to 4 balls at a time and deep fry to a golden brown color.
6. Drain and set aside . (On lazy days , I omit the deep frying part and use the sweet potato balls as it is )

Sweet chuntny

Green chuntny

Method For sweet chuntny

1. Boil all the ingredients together with little water for 8 minutes .
2. Cool and blend to a smooth paste . Keep aside .

Method For green chuntny

1. Grind all the ingredients except for lime to a smooth paste adding little water . Boil till raw smell goes .
2. Cool add lime juice . Taste and adjust . Keep aside .
3. Blend together and keep in refrigerator.

Other ingredients

How to proceed

Blend hung curd , sugar and salt together to get a creamy semi thick following consistency liquid .

Assembling

1. Place two fried sweet potato balls on a serving plate .
2. Pour around 1/2 cup or more of hung curd mixture over the sweet potato balls .
3. Pour one tablespoon of green chutney over the sweet potato balls .
4. Pour one tablespoon of sweet chutney over the green chutney .
5. Sprinkle chopped onions , coriander leaves and sev over and serve immediately.