Who doesn't love chaat? Definitely not on my health food items..but then I have very few in that list :) I love fried food of any kind..so Chaat definitely ranks high in my list of favorites. Just recently, I was chatting with my BFF, and she mentioned about aloo tikkis...Yumm!! I got inspired and tried to make it myself.The first tikki I ever made was in school during 9th standard. I still remember it was for some assignment in SUPW or some class like that. The teachers basically got bored of the cafeteria vadas..so they just divided us into groups and asked each group to make some dish and feed the entire staff...and we were graded for that. We were so enthustiastic since this was an opportunity to cook, experiment and have fun without much parental interference :). My team made aloo tikkis and tamarind sauce...Which I think deserved to win. Of course, we were not fortunate enough to have the class teacher's daughter in our team. Her team made gulab jamuns out of readymade mix and still won...how rude is that?? :D
Well, back to aloo tikkis...It is a very simple but yummy chaat item.There seems to be 2 or 3 versions of it. There is one that has a coating of besan and deep fried, There is one version in which urad dal along with some spices is stuffed onto potatoes and shallow fried. The one I tried out is by just mixing a bunch of ingredients and pan frying them. I shall try out the other versions and let you guys know which one turned out to be less time consuming and tastier!
Aloo Tikki
Ingredients:
1) Potato - 3 large
2) Fresh green peas - 1 cup
3) Ginger - 1 tbsp grated
4) Green chillis - 2 finely chopped
5) Lemon juice - 1 tbsp
6) Red chilli powder - 2 tsp
7) Roasted cumin seeds/cumin powder - 1 tsp
8) Pepper powder - 1 tsp
9) Chaat masala - 1 tsp (optional)
10) Salt to taste
11) Coriander leaves - a handful, roughly chopped
12) Oil for shallow frying
Garnish:
13) Onion - a quarter, finely chopped
14) coriander leaves - roughly chopped
Method:
1) Boil/pressure cook the potatoes, let them cool down and peel. Mash them without any lumps.
2) Boil the green peas, strain the water and mash it well. If you are lazy like me, just use a food processor to mash both potatoes & peas together.
3) In a large bowl, place the mashed potatoes, peas and ingredients 3 thru 11. Mix thoroughly to make a loose dough. Chat masala is optional, of you don't have it or do not like the smell of black salt, you can skip this ingredient.
4) Wash & dry hands and then rub some cooking oil on hands. Divide the mixture into equal portioned balls. roll each ball and flatten them to make patties that look like cutlets.
5) In a thick bottomed pan or a dosa tawa, apply 1 to 2 tbsp oil and spread it evenly. When the oil is hot, place the patties and let them sizzle for couple of mins.
6) Using a flat spatula, gently flip the patties and slightly press over the cooked size. drizzle oil once you have flipped all the patties and let them cook for some time.
7) Keep flipping the patties till both the sides are golden brown. Take them off heat and place them on tissue paper to remove excess oil.
8) Garnish the Aloo tikkies with finely chopped coriander and onion.
You can't finish any chaat without sweet & spicy tamarind chutney and coriander chutney!! Alternatively, Maggi hot and sweet tomato sauce is fine too!!
Random Tips:
1) You can make this a healthier dish by adding boiled and grated beet roots, or green beans. Any kinda boiled veggie that would go well with potatoes. This way you can be less guilty about all the oil you end up using to make this dish! :)
2) Try using cooking spray, it considerably reduces the amount of oil used.
Well, back to aloo tikkis...It is a very simple but yummy chaat item.There seems to be 2 or 3 versions of it. There is one that has a coating of besan and deep fried, There is one version in which urad dal along with some spices is stuffed onto potatoes and shallow fried. The one I tried out is by just mixing a bunch of ingredients and pan frying them. I shall try out the other versions and let you guys know which one turned out to be less time consuming and tastier!
Aloo Tikki
Ingredients:
1) Potato - 3 large
2) Fresh green peas - 1 cup
3) Ginger - 1 tbsp grated
4) Green chillis - 2 finely chopped
5) Lemon juice - 1 tbsp
6) Red chilli powder - 2 tsp
7) Roasted cumin seeds/cumin powder - 1 tsp
8) Pepper powder - 1 tsp
9) Chaat masala - 1 tsp (optional)
10) Salt to taste
11) Coriander leaves - a handful, roughly chopped
12) Oil for shallow frying
Garnish:
13) Onion - a quarter, finely chopped
14) coriander leaves - roughly chopped
Method:
1) Boil/pressure cook the potatoes, let them cool down and peel. Mash them without any lumps.
2) Boil the green peas, strain the water and mash it well. If you are lazy like me, just use a food processor to mash both potatoes & peas together.
3) In a large bowl, place the mashed potatoes, peas and ingredients 3 thru 11. Mix thoroughly to make a loose dough. Chat masala is optional, of you don't have it or do not like the smell of black salt, you can skip this ingredient.
4) Wash & dry hands and then rub some cooking oil on hands. Divide the mixture into equal portioned balls. roll each ball and flatten them to make patties that look like cutlets.5) In a thick bottomed pan or a dosa tawa, apply 1 to 2 tbsp oil and spread it evenly. When the oil is hot, place the patties and let them sizzle for couple of mins.
6) Using a flat spatula, gently flip the patties and slightly press over the cooked size. drizzle oil once you have flipped all the patties and let them cook for some time.
7) Keep flipping the patties till both the sides are golden brown. Take them off heat and place them on tissue paper to remove excess oil.
8) Garnish the Aloo tikkies with finely chopped coriander and onion.
You can't finish any chaat without sweet & spicy tamarind chutney and coriander chutney!! Alternatively, Maggi hot and sweet tomato sauce is fine too!!
Random Tips:
1) You can make this a healthier dish by adding boiled and grated beet roots, or green beans. Any kinda boiled veggie that would go well with potatoes. This way you can be less guilty about all the oil you end up using to make this dish! :)
2) Try using cooking spray, it considerably reduces the amount of oil used.
u've seriously given me a complex with this....compared to this mine looks so damn amteurish :(
ReplyDeletePS: That pan doesnt look like it has only 2 spoons of oil...who r u trying to kid? or by 2 spoons do u not mean teaspoons but big karandis? :D
Neah..It was 2 spoons of oil..It all the moisture from the patties that made the oil to bubble a lot. I had to switch to a Dosa tawa after the first batch to avoid all the sizzling :)
ReplyDeleteGreat photos..looks very snacky :)
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