Avocado Chaat

Name: Avocado Chaat
Prep time: 15 min
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 2 ripe avocados (about 400 g), cut into 2 cm cubes; 1 medium onion, finely chopped; 1 medium tomato, deseeded and chopped; 80 g pomegranate seeds; 1 green chilli, finely chopped; 3 tablespoons chopped coriander; 2 tablespoons lemon or lime juice; 1 teaspoon chaat masala; ½ teaspoon roasted cumin powder; ¼ teaspoon black salt; ¼ teaspoon red chilli powder; 40 g sev or crushed papdi, to finish

Avocado is mild, fatty and slightly sweet, which is the same profile chaat has been built around for a century using potato and banana. It takes chaat masala remarkably well.

Everything can be chopped ahead. The sev goes on in the last ten seconds, or it turns to paste.

MyAvocadoTree Editorial TeamPublished 4 September 2026Updated 4 September 2026

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Steel bowl of avocado chaat with pomegranate seeds, onion, coriander, sev and chaat masala

Prep

15 min

Cook

No cooking

Total

15 min

Servings

Difficulty

Easy

Cuisine

Indian

Vegan
Vegetarian
No cooking

Ingredients

Instructions

1
Mix the onion, tomato, chilli and coriander in a bowl with the lemon juice and all the spices.
2
Let that sit for 5 minutes so the onion softens slightly and takes up the masala.
3
Cut the avocado and fold it in gently, keeping the cubes whole.
4
Add the pomegranate seeds and fold once more.
5
Scatter the sev over the top and serve immediately, while it is still crisp.

Recipe tips

Deseed the tomato. Its jelly waters down the masala and softens the sev faster.
Chaat masala already contains salt and amchur, so taste before adding more of either.
Pomegranate is doing a real job here — bursts of sweet acidity against the fat. Green grapes, halved, are a reasonable substitute.
If you are serving this at a table, bring the sev separately and let people add their own.

Nutrition (approximate)

Estimated per serving from the ingredient quantities above. Treat these as a guide, not a measurement — ripeness, brands and portioning all shift the numbers.

Calories: 265 kcal
Protein: 4 g
Carbs: 22 g
Fat: 19 g
Fibre: 9 g

Storage

Assembled chaat does not keep — the sev softens within minutes. The chopped base without avocado or sev keeps a day in the fridge.

Frequently asked questions

Does avocado work in chaat?

Yes. It fills the same role as boiled potato or ripe banana — a mild, soft, fatty base for the masala — and it needs no cooking.

What can I use instead of sev?

Crushed papdi, roasted chana, crushed khakhra or plain roasted peanuts. Anything that stays crunchy for a few minutes.

Can I make it less spicy?

Leave out the red chilli powder and deseed the green chilli. The chaat masala carries enough flavour on its own.

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