Shakarkandi Chaat (Charcoal-roasted Sweet Potato Chaat, Street Style)
デリーの冬を彩る甘酸っぱい煙！ホクホク焼き芋と魔のスパイスパウダー
Description
North Indian winter-limited street snack peeling sweet potatoes (Shakarkandi) slow-roasted whole in charcoal ash, tossing with special Chaat Masala and intensely sour lemon juice.
Restaurants serving Shakarkandi Chaat (Charcoal-roasted Sweet Potato Chaat, Street Style)
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Recipe
Ingredients
- Sweet potato
- Lemon
- Chaat Masala
- Black salt
- Roasted cumin
- Starfruit(or Apple)
Instructions
- [For
- Servings/Ingredients]
- large sweet potato,
- tbsp Chaat Masala,
- tsp roasted cumin powder, 1/
- tsp black salt, red chili powder pinch,
- lemon, cubed starfruit (or apples) to taste.
- On chilly Delhi streets, toss raw sweet potatoes (Shakarkandi) directly into glowing charcoal ash on stall cart, rolling to slow-roast whole until fluffy inside.
- When surface chars pitch-black emitting sweet nectar smell, remove with tongs, deftly peeling heedless of heat.
- Randomly cube fluffy golden sweet potatoes bite-sized, putting in large stainless bowl.
- Loosely add cubed sour starfruit (Carambola) or apples as seasonal accent.
- Here is flavor alchemy. Against sweet potatoes, massively dump 'black salt' smelling of boiled-egg sulfur, savory roasted cumin, and sour-spicy secret 'Chaat Masala'.
- To finish, powerfully squeeze halved raw lemon tight, toss bowl 'Shaka-shaka!' mixing overall. Plate on paper plate, serve pierced with toothpicks. Magic snack tasted only in winter India where roasted potato pure sweetness, smoky charcoal aroma, and intense sour-saltiness of black salt/lemon mix chaotically.
Learn more Spice, substitutes, tips
Key spices
Chaat Masala、Black salt、Cumin
Substitutes at Japanese supermarkets
Japanese stone-roasted sweet potato (completely subbable if tossed directly with spices/lemon)
Pairing
Hot Masala Chai、Winter city walking
Trivia
[Hardcore] 'Shakarkandi' means sweet potato. Unlike Japan's 'merely sweet roasted potatoes', India invariably crashes 'saltiness, acidity, spices' forcibly highlighting sweetness. Smelling this stall odor mixing charcoal ash smell and spice aroma makes Delhi residents realize 'winter has come'—the ultimate nostalgia food.
Eating tips & etiquette
[Unique Eating] Toss piping hot sweet potato pierced with toothpick into mouth 'huff-huff', rolling eyes at the intense saltiness/acidity of black salt/lemon piercing the tongue right after relief from sweetness!
Allergen
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