Popular Bangalore Street food, made by topping tomato slices with a mix of sweet and spicy chutneys, carrot, onion and topped off with puffed rice, sev and masala peanuts

Recipe Snapshot

  • Prep time: 15 minutes
  • Cook time: Not specified
  • Total time: 15 minutes
  • Yield: 1 plate
  • Category: Appetizer, Snack
  • Cuisine: Karnataka, South Indian

Ingredients

  • 1 large roma tomato (firm)
  • 2 tablespoons onion (chopped)
  • 2 tablespoons carrot (grated)
  • 1 tablespoon coriander leaves (cilantro) (chopped)
  • 2 tablespoons mint coriander chutney
  • 2 tablespoons sweet tamarind chutney
  • 2 teaspoons lime juice
  • 3 tablespoons sev
  • 1/4-1/2 cup puffed rice ((mandakki or puri))
  • 2 tablespoons congress kadlekai (masala peanuts)
  • salt (to taste)
  • chaat masala (to taste)

Method

How to Assemble

  1. Grate the carrot and finely chop the onions, coriander leaves, mix them together and keep them aside.
  2. Cut the tomato into slices (round discs) about 3mm thick.Place these slices next to each other on a serving plate.
  3. Sprinkle salt, chaat masala powder over the tomato slices well.
  4. Apply green chutney and sweet tamarind chutney on each tomato slices generously.
  5. Top it with chopped onions,grated carrot and coriander mixture on each slice of the tomatoes.Also sprinkle some lime juice over the slices.
  6. Generously sprinkle sev & puffed rice.
  7. Top it with Congress Kadlekai (masala peanuts karnataka style).
  8. Serve immediately.Tomato Slice Chaat is ready to eat.Lift each tomato slice with all the masala over it and put into your mouth and enjoy with cup of masala tea.

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.