Crispy Vegetables with Hot, Sweet, and Cooling Sauces

Fried, batter-dipped vegetable nuggets—called pakoras—are dunked in savory, tart, and sweet chutneys and traditionally munched as a late-afternoon snack. Delhi-ites have taken this a step further and turned the experience into a layered nirvana, in which the vegetables form the bed for the hot, tart, pungent, and soothing sauces that blanket them. No wonder chaat has captured the palates of Western audiences, fueled by features in national newspapers.

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