Chaat comes from the Hindi word chaatna, which means "to lick." Culinarily, it's an umbrella term for a group of snacks that are predominantly sold as street food throughout India.
Two features bind chaat dishes: 1) a host of ingredients like sweet and hot chutneys, cooked potatoes, and sev (deep-fried chickpea flour noodles) and 2) a gamut of flavors and textures; chaat is sweet, spicy, hot, tangy, soft, runny, and noise-makingly crunchy all at the same time.
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