Think of this, after working for hours in the same old office as everyday, you are traveling back to your home, traffic is killing you from within, sucking the last drops of energy left in you and then charismatically a tangy aroma from a roadside chaat shop refreshes your mood.
All the stress flushes down and all that runs in your head is to jump
out of the car and enjoy the mesmerizing flavors of mouth watering tamarind,
mint chutney, curd, sev, coriander leaves, perfect spices and other delighting
ingredients.
Eating roadside is a delight in its own, the taste of good food with the
mix of lovers walking hand-in-hands, buses rushing the roads and everyone else
busy in their own life just makes it perfect.
From the streets of North India to making a mark on the international platter, Its believed that chaat was born in the royal mughal kitchen during Shah Jahan was the emperor. According to old sculptures, when the mughal emperor fell ill, he was to eat food which was light on the stomach and high on spices to strengthen the immunity. And so the chaat was discovered.
With the influence of culture, foreign influences and other such
factors, new flavors were added to make one of the most popular snack even
more tastier, Chaat was modified many times over, modifying its entire original
taste. It then went on to becoming a pan Indian sub-continental food
phenomenon.
The wikipedia defines, ‘Chaat’ as a term describing savory snacks,
typically served at roadside tracks from stalls or food carts in India,
Pakistan, Nepal and Bangladesh. With its origins in North India, it has become
an immensely popular dish in South Asia. A few of the most popular ones are samossa
chaat, papri chaat, fried aloo tiki chaat, Chana Chaat and many more.
Making a healthy and tasty chaat or the food business today unlike any
business is all about innovation and to our delight chefs, moms and the
roadside bhaiya have been really truly innovative in finding new versions of
the recepie. Idli chaat, masala peanut chaat, chatpati cone chaat, katori chaat
and many more.
I couldn’t figure out how to conclude this post. All I’m gonna say is
Eat healthy, Live Healthy.
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