Orange Chaat Recipe (Santra Chaat)
Orange Chaat (Santra Chaat) is a delicious North Indian entrée dish where sweet oranges are coated with a spicy, tangy masala made with coriander, garlic, green chilies, red chili powder, black salt, and lime juice. It is a great snack to munch on in between meals. Make it using my easy recipe.
Do try my Orange Kheer recipe as well. You will love it.
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About Orange Chaat
Orange Chaat is a fresh Indian citrus chaat made with peeled orange segments tossed with a green paste of garlic, green chilies, coriander, and mint, then finished with classic chaat spices like cumin, red chili powder, and black salt. It is sweet, spicy, salty, and citrusy, all at once.
It is a perfect snack to serve in between meals or as a salad with your main course.
Ingredients
Oranges – Use sweet, juicy oranges. This recipe depends entirely on the quality of the fruit. I used clementine mandarins from Sam’s Club; they are seedless, super sweet, and juicy.
Green chilies – Adjust based on your heat tolerance, but don’t skip them.
Spices – You will need salt, roasted cumin powder, red chili powder, and black salt.
Sugar is added to round everything out.
Others – You will need garlic, cilantro, mint leaves, and lime juice.
How To Make Santra Chaat
Prepare The Oranges
Step 1: Cut 8-10 mini oranges in half horizontally. Remove the peel completely. Gently remove excess white fibre (this prevents bitterness), then separate the segments carefully and set aside.
Make The Fresh Green Paste
Step 2: Add 2 cloves of garlic (peeled), 1 green chili (cut into pieces), ¼ cup coriander, 2 tablespoon mint leaves, and ½ teaspoon salt to a mortar and pestle.
Step 3: Crush to make a coarse paste.
Assemble The Chaat
Step 4: Add the oranges to a large mixing bowl.
Step 5: Add the fresh green paste and the following ingredients, and mix everything well.
- ½ teaspoon roasted cumin powder
- ½ teaspoon red chili powder
- ½ teaspoon black salt
- 2 tablespoon sugar
- 1 tablespoon lime juice
Step 6: Chill for 30 minutes before serving. Resting the orange chaat for a while brings out its flavors very well.
Storage Suggestions
Leftover orange chaat can be stored in an airtight glass container for up upto a day. After that, the oranges will start to get mushy.
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Orange Chaat Recipe (Santra Chaat)
Ingredients
- 8-10 mini oranges
- 2 cloves garlic (peeled)
- 1 green chili (cut into pieces)
- ¼ cup cilantro (fresh coriander leaves)
- 2 tablespoons mint leaves
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon roasted cumin powder
- ½ teaspoon red chili powder
- ½ teaspoon black salt
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 1 tablespoon lime juice
Instructions
Prepare The Oranges
- Cut the oranges in half horizontally. Remove the peel completely. Gently remove excess white fibre (this prevents bitterness), then separate the segments carefully and set aside.
Make The Fresh Green Paste
- Add garlic, green chilies, coriander, mint leaves, and salt to a mortar and pestle.
- Crush to make a coarse paste.
Assemble The Chaat
- Add the oranges to a large mixing bowl.
- Add the fresh green paste, roasted cumin powder, red chili powder, black salt, sugar, and lime juice, and mix everything well.
- Chill for 30 minutes before serving. Resting the orange chaat for a while brings out the flavors very well.
This is such a refreshing dish. Must try!