Lobia Chaat Recipe
Lobia Chaat is a delicious, healthy chaat recipe made with black-eyed peas (lobia) and a lot of vegetables. Learn how to make healthy lobia salad.
Prep Time10 minutes mins
Cook Time15 minutes mins
Total Time25 minutes mins
Course: Salad
Cuisine: Indian
Servings: 4 adults
Calories: 192kcal
- 2 Cup dry lobia beans (black-eyed beans)
- ½ Cup chopped onion
- ½ Cup chopped tomato, discard pulp
- ½ Cup diced boiled potato
- ½ Cup chopped cucumber
- ¼ Cup pomegranate pearls/seeds
- ¼ Cup chopped fresh coriander leaves
- Juice of one lemon
- ¼ Cup roasted peanuts
- Salt to taste
- 1 Teaspoon cumin powder (jeera powder)
- ½ Teaspoon red chili powder
- ½ Teaspoon Chaat Masala
Prep Work:
Rinse and soak the beans for 2 - 3 hours in 4 cups of water. After 2 - 3 hours, drain water from the beans.
Pressure cook the beans along with salt and approximately 2 cups of water. The soaked beans do not take more than 2 - 3 whistles over medium heat to get cooked. Open the lid of the pressure cooker and check beans for doneness.
Transfer the beans to a metal colander. Allow them to cool down completely.
Chop the vegetables and keep in the fridge while beans are cooling.
Meanwhile, in a pan add spices, and dry roast for 10 - 20 seconds till aromatic. Set aside.
Prepare Chaat:
Combine boiled beans, vegetables, and the spices in a bowl. Taste and adjust the seasoning accordingly.
Before serving add chopped coriander, lemon juice, and roasted peanuts.
Serve Lobia Chaat immediately.
- Do not over cook the beans in a pressure cooker for this Chaat recipe else they will turn out mushy.
- If there is too much liquid in the boiled beans, transfer them to a metal colander, and remove the excess liquid.
- You can boil the beans 1 - 2 days in advance and store in the fridge.
- Allow the beans to cool down completely before adding the vegetables and coriander so that the crunch and freshness of vegetables remain intact.
- Adjust the salt to taste as while boiling beans also some amount of salt is added.
Serving: 1serving | Calories: 192kcal | Carbohydrates: 28g | Protein: 11g | Fat: 5g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Sodium: 53mg | Potassium: 547mg | Fiber: 8g | Sugar: 6g | Vitamin A: 310IU | Vitamin C: 9mg | Calcium: 47mg | Iron: 4mg