Aloo Tikki Chaat
Aloo Tikki Chaat is an incredibly scrumptious and flavorful dish. It features fried potato patties topped with a delightful combination of tangy sweet tamarind chutney, spicy green chutney, and creamy curd (yogurt).
Ingredients
For Aloo Tikki Mixture
- 4 potatoes (medium-sized), boiled, peeled and mashed
- ¼ teaspoon turmeric powder
- ½ teaspoon ginger powder or ½ teaspoon finely chopped ginger
- ½ teaspoon cumin powder
- ½ teaspoon kashmiri red chilli powder or paprika
- ½ teaspoon chaat masala
- ½ teaspoon dry mango powder (amchur powder)
- ¼ cup chopped coriander leaves
- salt as required
- 4 to 5 tablespoons Rice Flour
Instructions
Making Aloo Tikki Mixture
- Rinse and then take potatoes in a 2 litre stovetop pressure cooker. Also add ½ teaspoon salt. Add enough water just about covering the potatoes.
- Pressure cook for 4 to 5 whistles on medium heat or till the potatoes are softened, fork tender and of a mashable consistency.
- Let the pressure drop naturally in the cooker. Then only open the lid. Carefully drain all the water and keep the potatoes aside on a plate to cool.
- When the potatoes become warm, peel them and mash well. Let the mashed potatoes cool completely.
- Then add turmeric powder, ginger powder, cumin powder, kashmiri red chilli powder, chaat masala and dry mango powder.
- Also add ¼ cup chopped coriander leaves and salt as per taste.
- Add 4 to 5 tablespoons rice flour. Mix very well.
- Check the taste and add more chaat masala or red chilli powder or dry mango powder or salt if required.
- Make medium sized balls from the aloo tikki mixture. Shape or flatten them in to tikkis or patties.
Frying Potato Tikki
- Heat 1.5 to 2 tablespoons oil on a skillet or tawa or frying pan. Keep the heat to medium and then place the aloo tikkis on the tawa or pan.
- Begin to fry the aloo tikkis. when one side is golden and crisp, flip each tikki and fry the second side.
- Flip the tikkis again when the second side is golden and crisp.
- Flip once or twice more and fry till all the alu tikkis are crisp and evenly golden.
- Remove aloo tikki and place them on kitchen paper towels. For frying the next batch again add 1.5 to 2 tablespoons oil and fry in a similar way.
Assembling And Making Aloo Tikki Chaat
- In a bowl, take ½ cup of fresh curd and whisk till smooth.
- Place 2 to 3 aloo tikkis in each serving plate or bowl. The aloo tikkis have to be hot when you start assembling them.
- Pour some curd as required.
- Then drizzle some green chutney. Add as required.
- Now drizzle some sweet tamarind chutney. Add as required.
- Sprinkle two to three pinches of chaat masala and 1 to 2 pinches of black salt all over. At this step you can add some sev, chopped onions and chopped coriander leaves.
- Serve aloo tikki chaat immediately.
Nutrition
Calories: 225kcalCarbohydrates: 29gProtein: 6gFat: 10gSaturated Fat: 2gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 3mgSodium: 260mgPotassium: 742mgFiber: 4gSugar: 1gVitamin A: 416IUVitamin C: 21mgCalcium: 81mgIron: 9mg
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