Aloo Tikki





Aloo tikki is a very popular and delicious dish. It is taken as a snack. This preparation is hot and spicy. Reduce the quantity of chilies as per your taste.

Ingredients we will need to make this dish:

Potatoes (aloo) : . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 to 4

Black pepper powder (kali mirchi) : 1/2 tea spoon

Red chili powder (lal mirchi) : . . . . 1/2 tea spoon

Green chilies (hari mirchi) : . . . . . . . . . . . 1 to 2

Green peas (matar) : . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1/2 cup

Ginger paste (adrak) : . . . . . . . 1/2 table spoon

Garam masala powder : . . . . . . . 1/4 tea spoon

Cumin seed (jeera) : . . . . . . . . . . 1 tea spoon

Oil for frying

Salt (namak) as per your taste

Boil potatoes and let it be cool. Boil peas with little salt.

Mash peas with a fork and add very finely chopped green chilies, ginger paste, garam masala powder and roasted - crushed cumin seed. Taste it for salt.

Mash potatoes and add black pepper powder, red chili powder and salt. Mix it thoroughly.

Now make a small ball (of about 1 inch) of potato and make a cavity with thumb. Fill peas and close it to make a round ball. Press it slightly to make it flat patty.

Heat oil in a pan and fry patty till it is golden brown in color. Serve aloo tikki with green chutney and tomato ketchup.


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