Sweet Potato Chaat / Shakarkandi Chaat

I came to know about this Chaat recipe recently in a North Indian Wedding Reception held in Coimbatore. Initial startup of the dinner started with usual Chaat items and Soups. First I started with Chaat items and tasted this sweet potato Chaat. It was really yummy and tempting to eat another plate. There was a large queue for this Chaat. So I left that place and moved to have soup. After soup session I find only few people left in the queue and I ordered one more plate and asked him what was that spice mix..He couldn't explain and just said it is sweet potato. While tasting I could Identify half of the Ingredients used in that recipe. Still then I am not satisfied what could be the items used. The sweet spicy and tangy taste dominated my tongue and I filled half of my stomach with these sweet potatoes. I came home and searched in net...but could not find the complete Ingredients used in that. I made experiments with these sweet potatoes and some spices. To my Surprise I realized the exact taste of that Sweet Potato Chaat what I had in that Wedding. Wow!!! I found it!! It was Yummy n Superb!!!

Ingredients:

• Sweet Potatoes - 5 nos
• Lemon - 1/2 lemon of medium size
• Sugar Powder - 2 tbsp
• Red Chilli Powder - 1 tbsp
• Amchur / Dry mango Powder - 1 tbsp
• Cumin / Jeera Powder - 1/2 tbsp
• Chaat Masala Powder - 1tbsp
• Oil for deep frying

Cooking Method:

• Soak the sweet Potatoes in water for about 10 mins and wash thoroughly. 
• Cut into cubes and cook in steam for about 10 mins. I used Idly pan for cooking. Don't cook with water.
• After cooking check with the toothpick. Peel the skin of it. 
• In a frying pan add oil and fry these sweet potatoes until golden brown and crispy. Keep it in a separate bowl.

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• Keep ready with the spice powders Chilli powder, amchur powder, jeera powder and chaat masala powder, sugar powder and lemon.
• Take the fried sweet potatoes in a bowl squeeze the lemon all over the potatoes.
• Also sprinkle all the spice powders mentioned and sugar powder too. 
• Toss the bowl so that all the sweet potatoes well coated with the spice powders and lemon extract.
• Toss twice or thrice. 

Serve hot. It will be crispy spicy tangy and with sweet flavour. No need of any sides.