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.