This Delhi style tasty fruit chaat is spiced, savory, sweet and tangy. Fruit chaat is made of a mix of fresh seasonal fruits and tubers like potatoes and sweet potatoes tossed with chaat masala, cumin powder, chilli powder and black salt.

Recipe Snapshot

  • Prep time: 15 minutes
  • Cook time: 15 minutes
  • Total time: 30 minutes
  • Yield: 3
  • Category: Snacks
  • Cuisine: Indian

Ingredients

  • ½ cup chopped banana (or 2 medium-sized, chopped in ½ inch rounds)
  • 1 cup chopped mangoes (or 1 medium to large, chopped in ½ to 1 inch cubes)
  • 1 cup chopped apples (or 1 large, chopped in ½ to 1 inch cubes)
  • 1 cup sweet potatoes (- boiled, peeled and chopped in ½ to 1 inch cubes or 2 small sweet potatoes - optional)
  • 1 cup chopped potato (chopped in ½ to 1 inch cubes or 1 large potato - can boil potatoes instead of frying)
  • 2 teaspoons lemon juice (or add as required)
  • 1 teaspoon chaat masala
  • 1 teaspoon roasted cumin powder
  • ½ teaspoon red chili powder (or cayenne pepper, add as required)
  • ½ teaspoon black salt (or add as required)

Method

  1. Before you make the fruit chaat, boil the sweet potatoes and fry the potatoes. You can boil or steam the sweet potatoes in an Instant pot or a steamer or a stovetop pressure cooker adding water as required.
  2. Rinse the potatoes in fresh water. Peel and chop them in ½ to 1 inch cubes. Heat ½ cup of oil or as required for frying the potatoes in a pan.
  3. When the oil becomes medium hot add the potatoes. Fry them until lught golden or golden.
  4. Place the fried potatoes on kitchen paper towels to absorb excess oil.
  5. Chop the fruits. If you want you can rub a bit of lemon juice on the banana slices and apple cubes so that they don't get browned and also gives a sour hint to the fruits.
  6. In a bowl add the chopped fruits one by one. Add the boiled sweet potato cubes and the fried potatoes.
  7. Add lemon juice. For the best taste use fresh lemon juice.
  8. Add all the spice powders and black salt or reqular salt to taste. Toss and mix well so that the ground spices and seasonings coat the fruits and tubers.
  9. Check the seasonings and add more salt or lemon juice if necessary.
  10. Serve fruit chaat garnished with some mint leaves.

Kiyaan Singh’s Kitchen Note

Keep this recipe as a working base: cook once as written, then adjust spice, texture, and serving style for your own table.