aloo chaatn.
/ˌaluː ˈtʃɑːt/, /ˌaluː ˈtʃat/, U.S. /ˌɑlu ˈtʃɑt/ Originally South Asian.
In South Asian cookery: a spicy potato snack served as salad, light meal, or side dish. Cf. chaat n.With aloo chaat papri in quot. 1987 cf. papri n. Compounds.
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the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > prepared vegetables and dishes > [noun] > prepared potatoes > other potato preparations
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1954 S. Chowdhary Indian Cooking 180 Ālū chāt is very tasty served in salad.
1978 Texas Monthly Oct. 92/2 The rewards of exploring Indian cuisine here include marvels such as alu chaat, chunks of boiled potato in a highly seasoned sauce spiked with cilantro.
1987 Los Angeles Times (Nexis) 26 Apr. 103 Dahi-puris or aloo chaat papri are..what Americans would consider a salad.
2001 Austral. Gourmet Traveller Aug. 118/2 Serve triangles of chapati topped with spoonfuls of aloo chat, then roll up to eat, or serve aloo chat as a salad.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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