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Appetizer, Side Dish, Snack
Phyllo Cups Appetizer - Indian Chaat
10
minutes
minutes
30
minutes
minutes
40
minutes
minutes
Servings:
60
pieces
Author:
Alpa Jain
This is an easy, delicious, mouth-smacking, and no-bake phyllo cups appetizer, an Indian chaat. It is perfect to serve it cold to a crowd for parties, potlucks, and other occasions. Check out this easy recipe.
Equipment
Instant Pot 6 qt
Trivet
Ingredients
▢
60
Phyllo cups
(4 pack, Athens brand)
▢
2
cup
Water
For the stuffing
▢
2
Potatoes
(medium size)
▢
½
cup
Mung beans
(rinsed)
▢
½
cup
Black chickpeas
(soaked for 6-8 hours)
▢
⅓
cup
Sweet Chutney
(date and tamarind chutney, to taste)
▢
⅓
cup
Green Chutney
(to taste)
▢
½
teaspoon
Chaat Masala
▢
1
teaspoon
Salt
▢
⅓
cup
Onion
(chopped)
For topping
▢
½
cup
Bhel Sev
(thin gram noodles)
▢
2
tablespoon
Pomegranate seeds
(for garnishing)
▢
2
tablespoon
Cilantro
(chopped, for garnishing)
Instructions
Cooking potatoes, mung beans, and black chickpeas
Place the mung beans and black chickpeas (discard the water used for soaking) in the instant pot liner.
Pour 2 cups of water into the liner.
Place a trivet inside the liner and put the potatoes on it.
Close and lock the lid.
Pressure cook on high-pressure mode for 12 minutes with the pressure release knob in the sealing position.
Once done let the pressure release naturally for 10 minutes and then do a quick release.
Making the chaat filling
Discard the water and allow the beans and black chickpeas to cool down.
Peel and cube the potatoes into a small sizes.
In a mixing bowl, add the mung beans, black chickpeas, potatoes, and all the ingredients from the "for the stuffing" list.
Making phyllo cup appetizer
Bake the phyllo cups for 3-4 minutes at 350°F as per directions on the package.
Allow them to cool down a little.
In each phyllo cup, put a tablespoon of the filling.
Put some thin gram noodles (sev) and garnish with chopped cilantro and optionally with some pomegranate seeds.
Nutrition
Serving:
4
pieces
|
Calories:
32
kcal
(2%)
|
Carbohydrates:
5
g
(2%)
|
Protein:
1
g
(2%)
|
Fat:
1
g
(2%)
|
Saturated Fat:
0.1
g
(1%)
|
Polyunsaturated Fat:
0.01
g
|
Monounsaturated Fat:
0.004
g
|
Sodium:
88
mg
(4%)
|
Potassium:
66
mg
(2%)
|
Fiber:
1
g
(4%)
|
Sugar:
0.3
g
|
Vitamin A:
69
IU
(1%)
|
Vitamin C:
2
mg
(2%)
|
Calcium:
6
mg
(1%)
|
Iron:
0.2
mg
(1%)