Corn Bhel

I am a chat lover and I am fond of tasting Chats and various types of Street Food at different places and at different outlets. When we had to leave Bombay for Pune around 3 years ago, I was a bit sad and disappointed not because we were leaving the place but mainly because I was going to be missing out on hogging street food on a daily basis. Now whenever we happen to go to Bombay even for a few hours I make it a point to have chats (Dahi Batata Puri, Pani Puri, Sev Puri, Ragada Patis etc.) at my favorite joints there.

I am also very much fond of corn (Baby corn, American corn etc.). I had heard about corn chat (also known as corn bhel) but had never tried it at home before. I had purchased American corn from the market so thought of giving it a try. 

Ingredients

2 cup boiled corn

1 big onion finely chopped

2 small tomatoes finely chopped

1 potato boiled and finely chopped

3 tb spoon of coriander

Sev

Khajur (Tamarind) ki chutney (Sweet chutney) as per taste

Green chutney as per taste

1 ts spoon of chat masala

 Method

• Boil corn with salt. Drain and keep it aside.
•  In a large bowl, combine corn, onion, tomato and potato and toss to mix well
•   Add the khajur chutney as well as green chutney (I add about 3 tb spoon of sweet chutney and ½ cup of green chutney) toss the mixture again. 
•  Ladle the mixture into individual plate, garnish with coriander and sev.

Green chutney

1 cup of coriander, ½ cup of mint leaves, 3-4 green chillies, black salt ¼ ts spoon of sugar and 1 tbs spoon of lemon juice. Grind all the ingredients to a smooth paste.

Tamarind (Khajur) chutney

1 deseeded dates,2 ts spoon roast cumin seeds, ½ tamarind, ½ grated jaggery, 1 ts spoon red chilli powder, 1 ts spoon dried ginger powder and salt to taste.  

•  Combine dates, tamarind, jaggery and one cup of water in a pressure cooker and pressure cook for 2 whistles.
• Cool and blend in a mixer to a smooth paste. Add all the masala and mix well.