Aloo Tikki - Punjabi, Recipe

Ingredients:

1/4 kg potatoes boiled and grated/mashed
1/4 cup of boiled and mashed green peas
2 slices white bread toasted a bit and made into a coarse pwd/can also use little sooji rawa or crumbled cornflakes
2-3 green chillies finely chopped
1" ginger grated
3 tbsps of chopped fresh coriander leaves finely chopped
salt to taste
1/4 tsp garam masala
1/4 tsp chaat masala (optional)
1 tsp roasted cumin pwd
1/2 tbsp lemon juice
Oil for shallow frying


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Ingredients

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Sugar -  100 gm
Silver foil - 1
Cardamom powder - a pinch
Vanilla essence - 2 drops
Cashew - 10



Method

1. Soak badam in water for half an hour.
2. Grind with cashew to a paste.
3. Mix sugar with water, boil and prepare syrup.
4. Add ground paste and stir well.
5. When contents do not stick to the vessel, add essence, mix well and transfer to a greased plate.  
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Ingredients:

badam-1 cup
sugar-1 cup
ghee-5 tbsp
milk-1/2 cup





Method:

Soak badam in hot water for 1/2 hour and thhen remove the skin.Grind in a mimie adding milk little by little.  Grind coarsley like idly batter, to this add the sugar and then keep it on the flame.  Keep stirring the mixture till the reqrired stage[when rolled inbetween the finger it should come as a ball].  At this stage remove from fire and add the ghee little by little.  At first all the ghee will get absorbed, then it will let out the ghee.  You can add a little saffron at this stage and transfer into abowl.Delicious home made badam halwa is ready.  At first it will be little sticky but after it cools it is all set. 

Aloo Tikki

Aloo Tikki

Ingredients:

1/4 kg potatoes boiled and grated/mashed
1/4 cup of boiled and mashed green peas
2 slices white bread toasted a bit and made into a coarse pwd/can also use little sooji rawa or crumbled cornflakes
2-3 green chillies finely chopped
1" ginger grated
3 tbsps of chopped fresh coriander leaves finely chopped
salt to taste
1/4 tsp garam masala
1/4 tsp chaat masala (optional)
1 tsp roasted cumin pwd
1/2 tbsp lemon juice
Oil for shallow frying

1.Boil potatoes and cool them before grating them.Add the rest of the ingredients except the oil and mix well.
2.Roll into lemon sized balls and flatten them and shape into cutlets or round burger shaped patties and flatten them a bit.
3.Heat 1 tbsp oil on a griddle and add 3 to 4 tikkis at a time and let them cook on slow fire till a crisp GOLDEN color crust is formed on both the sides.
4.Remove on absorbent paper and serve with tamarind chutney.For preparing tamarind chutney,see my other BLOG from this link
http://goodcritic.sulekha.com/blog/post/2008/01/khatta-meetha-corn-and-vegetable-chat.htm

Variations to serve

1.Aloo Tikki can be served with a drizzle of some green chutney over the tikkis or just plain tamarind chutney 

2.pour some beaten curd and tamarind chutney with a sprinkling of coriander leaves.

3.Just serve with some ketchup for kids.