Channa salad is a healthy snack, high on taste and zilch on calories. Channa salad is an unusal combination of ingredients.

Ingredients of dressing

Tamarind paste - 1oo gms
Jaggery - 200 gms
Black salt - 1 tsp
Pepper powder - 1/2 tsp
Roasted and ground cumin seed powder - 1 tsp
Red chilly powder - 1 tsp
Garam masala powder - 1/2 tsp
salt to tast

Methods of dressing

Boil tamarind and jagerry untill in thick consistency Add sll spices and cool completely. This can be stroed in the refrigerator for upto more than one month.

Ingredients of Channa chat

Soaked and boiled channa - 1 cup
(soaked for eight hours and boiled)
Boiled Potatoes - 1 cup (cut in to small cubes)
Chopped tomatoes - 2 medium
Chopped capsicums - 2 medium
Chopped Green chilly - 2
Chopped Coriander leaves - 1/2 cup

Methods of Channa salad

Mix the dressing with other ingredients for chat. Chill thoroughly and serve. You can make this salad early and store it in the fridge.

For a great presentation, serve the chat in hollowed tomatoes or onion slices.