Saturday, January 10, 2015

Aloo Tikki Chaat

This is a very popular North Indian chaat item. These are actually potato patties with Indian spices, topped with spicy Indian chutneys and sweet yogurt. This dish just brings back memories of fun times at
college when I used to eat this at nearby chaat corners along with my friends; accompanied by nice hot Chai.. Aaah!! Lovely!

Ingredients:

Tikkis:

  • Potatoes 2-3
  • Oil for shallow frying the tikkis
  • Dry mango powder 1tb sp
  • Salt to taste
  • Pepper powder to taste.
Green peas filling:
  • Grean peas 1/2 cup
  • Onions 1 small, finely chopped
  • Ginger/Garlic paste 1 tbsp
  • Cumin seeds 1 tsp for tempering
  • Red chilli powder 1 tsp
  • Oil 2-3 tbsp
Garnish:
  • Onion 1 medium, finely chopped
  • Coriander leaves 2-3 sprigs, finely chopped
  • Sev as per your liking
  • Green coriander n mint chutney as per your liking
  • Sweet n sour tamarind and date chutney as per your liking
  • Plain yogurt 1/2 cup, smoothened
  • Sugar 1 tb sp
  • Salt to taste
  • Chaat masala powder

Prep Time: 15 min

Cooking Time: 5 min


Serves: 2-3


Method:



- Boil the potatoes and set them aside to let them cool. They should not be overcooked and should be stiff enough to form firm tikkis. 

- When not too hot, mash the potatoes and add salt, amchoor powder,pepper powder and mix well.

- Now, prepare the filling of mutter (optional) by sautéing onions,ginger garlic paste,red chilli powder,salt and finally green peas in oil. When done, slightly mash this prepared filling.


- Next, make 6-8 equal balls of the potatoes and flatten it using oiled palms.
- Add a tb sp or 2 of the mutter filling in center, cover with the mash potatoes and prepare round tikkis.
- Coat the tikkis with little cornstarch and shallow fry till golden brown and crispy on the outside.


- For final assembly, place 2 tikkis in a serving plate and put green chutney n sweet sour chutney on the top.

- Sprinkle chaat masala, diced onions, sev n yougurt(add salt and sugar to it)
- Finish with coriander leaves n enjoy!!


Tips: 


If you want, you can skip the green peas filling. This will make the entire process easier and faster!



Healthy twist: 


Instead of shallow frying you can just use a cooking spray to cook the tikkis or even bake them!! They taste equally delish! 


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