After months of planning, the baking marathon is finally here.I had written and rewritten the recipes, changed the lists plenty of times and baked a whole lot of goodies for this event.  Read more about it here….


The theme for the first week is deep fried to healthy bakes.As the name suggests, there are many a snacks that we love yet we try to refrain from them since they are deep fried.

This week we have 4 recipes that are usually deep fried. I have baked these dishes and I was pretty impressed with the results. Since it has very little oil , you can indulge on these snacks without guilt…

The first in this series is baked palak puri chaat.Every one loves chaat but the deep fried puris are like a big No! Here is a version that can be made ahead just like the deep fried version and assembled when needed.

Palak / spinach is a green choke full of  nutrients but not something that the kids will prefer to eat. So here is a simple technique to sneak in the greens. And that too if presented as this chaat, the kids will surely love to dig in….

 

 

This is a very versatile recipe where you can use your favorite ingredients as topping or use any thing that you have handy.

The day I baked this, lil dude was very eager to see why I had so many small bowls lined up with colorful ingredients. Once he saw me assembling the chaat he grinned. I believe he understood what I was doing!

 To make the baked palak puri chaat

I used:
Whole wheat flour-1/2 cup
Ajwain-1/2 teapoon
Oil -1 tablespoon
Palak puree – 2 tablespoons
Salt to taste
Mix all the ingredients together and add water little by little and knead to a smooth and elastic dough.

Pinch out  ball of dough and roll it out into a thin sheet. Using a small round cookie cutter / bottle lid punch out circles.

Place them on a tray lined with a baking sheet. Prick holes using a fork. Bake in a preheated oven @ 180 degrees for 10 minutes. It will be light brown around the edges. Remove from the oven and let it cool on a wire rack. Once it is cooled it will be crisp.
If not using immediately, store in an airtight container.
For the topping:
Finely chopped – Onions, capsicum, tomato
Boiled – corn,channa
Tomato sauce
Sev
Chaat masala
Pomegranate pearls
Coriander leaves to garnish
Place a little of the above ingredients over the baked palak puri and serve immediately.

 

Note:
  • The puri, boiled vegetables can be made ahead and stored.Keep
    the puri in air tight container and the boiled vegetables are to be
    refrigerated.
  • If the puris are not crisp after baking, bake for another
    2-5 minutes. But watch closely.
  • You can use any topping of your choice.Chaat chutney can be
    used instead of tomato sauce

 

 

28 thoughts on “Baked Palak Puri Chaat | Healthy Chaat”

  1. I can imagine the lil guy ginning.. 🙂 This is indeed an healthier version to deep fried puris. You chose a nice theme and looking forward to rest of the bakes in this category.

  2. wow ! what a fab start. PJ .. I have some of these fried-to-bake items, but my order is a mix n match of diff themes… that chat looks fab.. kids must have been so happy :-)) I cud happily have these for lunch !

  3. Guess you are the only one to have a different theme..and boy do I love it!…looking forward to all your bakes and esp the baked from deep fry ones..hugs to your lil one for that grin..I still remember how he grins..lol

  4. Quite an interesting theme.Lovely theme to kick start this long BM.. While we are thinking about cakes and breads u took very different themes PJ, those palak puri looks mindblowing, am just drooling here.

  5. trust you to innovate while we went to cakes and breads you have a nice lala land of your own, my god , look at the arrangements, how do you manage this with handful of kids…am so looking forward to your posts

  6. Great start of the Mega BM with a healthy Chaat. I love Chaats so much and exploring ways to make it healthy. Even I have some Baked versions of traditional fried recipes. Bookmarked.

  7. Hi Padmajha,

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