Chana Chaat — Chickpea Street Salad

Ingredients

• 2 cans chickpeas, drained
• 1 Cucumber, diced
• 2 tomatoes, diced
• ½ red onion, minced
• 1 green chili, minced
• 1 tsp chaat masala (or cumin + extra lime)
• Juice of 1½ limes
• ½ cup yogurt, whisked
• Cilantro + mint
• Crushed papadums or tortilla chips, for crunch

Method

1. Toss the chickpeas with the Cucumber, tomatoes, onion, and chili.
2. Season with the chaat masala, lime juice, and salt — chaat should taste LOUD: sour, spicy, and salty all talking over each other.
3. Rest 10 minutes so the chickpeas absorb the argument.
4. Drizzle the whisked yogurt over — cooling streams through the heat, the chaat signature.
5. Finish with herbs and a fistful of crushed crunchy things on top. Serve immediately, before the crunch surrenders. Street food that travels beautifully into lunchboxes.