Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Small, often fried food preparations eaten as snacks in South Asian cuisine and traditionally sold by street vendors.
- noun One of these preparations.
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- noun any
savory snack , sold from aroadside stall inIndia , or served as astarter in an Indian restaurant
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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I think that chaat is a generic term for crunchy street food like bhel puri.
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I cursed the fact that I brought my lunch in today (but, then again, chaat is a snack, right?).
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Chaat: You can probably gauge my love of chaat from the title of this blog, eh?
Archive 2005-12-01 2005
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Chaat: You can probably gauge my love of chaat from the title of this blog, eh?
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What we called chaat: fresh, spicy, quick bites, with a whiff of exhaust from the bus lurching by.
NPR Topics: News 2010
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And yes, the chaat is $4.95, and I think there’s one that is $3.95.
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For those who love the Indian street snacks known as chaat, the heart of Midtown is quite the wonderland.
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Sev puri is my favorite kind of chaat ( 'chaat' is a general name for this Indian street food; there are several variations).
The Kitchn Guest of The Kitchn 2010
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Hi trupti, love any kind of chaat, especially on hot summer days. brings out the cooling effect, i believe, maybe wrongly! sriracha on chaat. .great idea.
Weekend Eats- Spicy Poori Chaat Cardamom 2009
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Now technically I have the cookbook this next recipe is from -- but seeing the recipe completed on The Colors Of Indian Cooking will hopefully give me the courage to try to make this kind of chaat myself!
Archive 2009-10-01 Laura 2009
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