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    Home » Side Dishes & Snacks

    How To Use Nettle Leaves - Make Patte Ki Chaat

    Published: May 11, 2022 · Modified: May 25, 2022 by Chef Tripti · This post may contain affiliate links

    Patte ki Chaat is popular street food from northern India and is prevalent in Old Delhi. Its core ingredient is spinach leaves. However, I have used nettle leaves instead for this Indian snack recipe - a wild food ingredient, widely available and free of charge! This Patte ki Chaat is a delicious, crunchy, tangy snack. Nettle leaves have an earthy flavour, and they look so pretty when batter fried. It is one of the best ways to use nettle, even someone who hasn't tried nettle before will fall in love with it.

    This chaat is gluten-free and vegan.

    A small dish containing Patte Ki Chaat  Indian snack, made with nettle leaves.

    Chaat is a savoury snack usually sold by roadside vendors. With its aromatic spices, tangy sauces and flavours, chaat is an entire category of Indian food. Each region has their type of chaat, for which they are famous. It's traditionally eaten in the evenings as a snack, although itit often replaces the main meal.

    Here in the UK, nettle is an abundant wild plant. For many, it is notorious for its stinging qualities. It's called stinging nettle for a reason! However, it is a nutrient-packed superfood that can replace spinach in recipes. I love it!

    Please visit my post "Eat the weeds: Food for free" to learn more about nettle and identify it.

    For other recipes that use nettle leaves, please take a look at my saag aloo and Kadhi recipes

    Jump to:
    • Ingredients
    • Instructions
    • How-To Video
    • Substitutions
    • Equipment
    • Storage
    • 📖 Recipe
    • Food Safety

    Ingredients

    Patte Ki Chaat indian snack ingredients in small glass dishes and jar lids. Annotated.
    • Nettle leaves
    • Gram flour
    • Dairy-free yoghurt
    • Pomegranate
    • Chaat masala
    • Carom seeds
    • Chilli powder
    • Kala namak
    • Sonth ki chutney - see my recipe to make your own
    • Coriander and chilli chutney - see my recipe to make your own
    • Sev

    See the recipe card for quantities.

    Chaat masala: This is a powdered spice mix made with amchoor (dried mango powder), cumin, coriander, ginger powder, kala namak, asafoetida and black pepper. You can buy this ready-made.

    Sev: An Indian snack of small crunchy noodles made from chickpea flour seasoned with spices.

    Instructions

    First, go out and forage for your nettle leaves! Wear gloves; otherwise, you will get stung. Don't worry, though; cooking the nettle leaves dissolves the stinging hairs on the nettle leaves.

    A hand pouring water into a glass bowl containing gram flour to make a batter

    Place the gram flour into a bowl and add the water to make a batter. Ensure no lumps form. If they do, pass through a fine sieve.

    A glass bowl containing Patte Ki Chaat batter with nettles leaves coated in batter

    Add the carom seeds, chilli powder and kala namak to the batter and mix well.

    Take a nettle leaf and coat both sides in the batter. Repeat with the remaining nettle leaves

    Nettle leaves coated in gram flour better frying in oil in heavy duty frying pan

    Heat the oil in a frying pan. I use sunflower oil. Fry each coated nettle leaf on both sides until golden brown when the oil is hot.

    A plate of patte ki chaat Indian snack

    Now to assemble the chaat. Arrange the battered nettle leaves on a plate. Then sprinkle the chaat masala over the leaves. Add two tablespoons of water to the yoghurt to thin it down, and then drizzle over the leaves. Follow this with a drizzle of sonth ki chutney and coriander and chilli chutney. Top off with the sev and the pomegranate seeds

    How-To Video

    Here is a video guide to making nettle patte ki chaat Indian snack.

    Substitutions

    If you do not have access to nettle leaves, you can make this Indian snack with spinach leaves.

    You can replace sev with Bhujia or even aloo bhujia, both are Indian snacks.

    Equipment

    I always recommend using digital scales for measurements as it is 100 % accurate.

    Storage

    You can store the batter-fried nettle leaves in an airtight container for about two days.

    Once you have assembled the chaat, this Indian snack should be served immediately as the sauces and yoghurt will make it soggy if stored.

    📖 Recipe

    A plate containing Patte Ki Chaat made with nettle leaves.

    Patte ki Chaat

    Batter fried nettle leaves with tangy sauce, spices and yoghurt
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    Prep Time 15 mins
    Cook Time 15 mins
    Total Time 30 mins
    Course Afternoon Tea, Side Dish, Snack
    Cuisine Indian
    Servings 2 people

    Ingredients
      

    • 20 nos Nettle leaves
    • 50 gms Gram flour
    • 90 ml Water
    • ½ teaspoon Kala Namak
    • ½ teaspoon Chilli powder
    • ½ teaspoon Carom seeds
    • 50 gms Pomegranate
    • 40 gms Dairy-free yoghurt
    • 10 gms Sev
    • 1 tablespoon Coriander-chilli chutney
    • 1 tablespoon Sonth ki chutney
    • 1 teaspoon Chaat masala
    • 500 ml Oil for frying

    Instructions
     

    • Wash and pat dry nettle leaves.
    • Make a thin batter by mixing gram flour and water. Insure there are no lumps, if you have lumps, then pass through a sieve.
    • Add kala namak, carom seeds and chilli powder to batter and mix well.
    • Heat oil in a pot or pan for frying. You will need about 500 ml of oil.
    • Coat each nettle leaf in gram flour batter and fry both sides till golden grown.
    • To assemble chaat. Arrange batter-fried nettle leaves on a plate.
    • Sprinkle chaat masala.
    • Add 2 tablespoon water to yoghurt to thin it down. Drizzle yoghurt on the nettle leaves. Followed by coriander and sonth chutney.
    • Sprinkle sev and pomegranate.
    • Serve immediately.
    Keyword Chaat, finger food, Foragedfood, Indian snacks, Indian street food, Nettle
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    Food Safety

    In a professional kitchen, food hygiene and safety are top priorities, and from the beginning of my training, I practised good habits and routines. Of course, practising good food hygiene and safety at home is also essential. Here are some fundamental practices to adopt in the kitchen.

    • Wash your hands regularly while preparing, handling and cooking food.
    • Wipe down countertops and high-contact points regularly.
    • If you cook meat and fish, do not use the same utensils on cooked food that previously touched raw meat. Use separate chopping boards for meat and fish. Wash your chopping boards immediately after use.
    • Thoroughly cook food to a minimum temperature of 165 °F (74 °C).
    • Don't leave food at room temperature for extended periods (more than 2 hours).
    • Store food correctly.

    For more details regarding food hygiene and safety in the home, visit the UK Government's Food Standards Agency webpage.

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