Chola Aloo Tikki
(Potatoes and chick pea’s patties)
Chola Aloo Tikki is a spicy and tasty snack. It is a variation of Aloo tikki (potato pattie). Tikkis are also known as a chat. Just the smell of Tikki can make you hungry. Aloo tikki are usually made with either only potatoes or stuffed with green peas or cooked spicy moong dal.
In this recipe tikkis are made with potatoes and chick peas mashed together with spices and then shallow fried as a tikki. Chick peas/ Garbanzo beans are a true source of protein and yogurt is also rich in protein, together they make a healthy snack.
In this recipe tikkis are made with potatoes and chick peas mashed together with spices and then shallow fried as a tikki. Chick peas/ Garbanzo beans are a true source of protein and yogurt is also rich in protein, together they make a healthy snack.
Ingredients:
4 Medium potatoes – boiled
1 Cup chick peas– boiled (or canned chick peas)
1 Tablespoon fresh ginger – grated
1 Medium green chili – fine chopped
2 Teaspoons lemon juice
2 Tablespoons coriander leaves – fine chopped
1½ Teaspoon salt or to your taste
Vegetable oil for making the tikki’s
Ingredients to make tikki chat:
1 Cup of plain yogurt
½ Cup coriander leaves chutney (Green chytney)
½ Cup of tamarind chutney (Imli chutney)
½ Teaspoon red chili powder
½ Teaspoon salt or to your taste
1 Teaspoon roasted cumin powder
(roasted jeera powder)
1 Teaspoon chat masala
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4 Medium potatoes – boiled
1 Cup chick peas– boiled (or canned chick peas)
1 Tablespoon fresh ginger – grated
1 Medium green chili – fine chopped
2 Teaspoons lemon juice
2 Tablespoons coriander leaves – fine chopped
1½ Teaspoon salt or to your taste
Vegetable oil for making the tikki’s
Ingredients to make tikki chat:
1 Cup of plain yogurt
½ Cup coriander leaves chutney (Green chytney)
½ Cup of tamarind chutney (Imli chutney)
½ Teaspoon red chili powder
½ Teaspoon salt or to your taste
1 Teaspoon roasted cumin powder
(roasted jeera powder)
1 Teaspoon chat masala
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Potatoes
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Chickpeas/Chole
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Grated ginger
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Chopped coriander leaves
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Chopped green chilies
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Red chili powder
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Lemon juice
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Chopped Onions
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Directions for making the tikki’s:
1. Add potato in a pressure cooker or a in a pot, add water. Close the cooker and
boil potatoes.
1. Add potato in a pressure cooker or a in a pot, add water. Close the cooker and
boil potatoes.
Add potatoes in a pressure cooker
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Close the lid of pressure cooker
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2. Once the pressure of cooker goes down open the cooker.
3. Check boiled potatoes by inserting a knife or fork in the center, it should go
in easily all the way to the center without any efforts, it means the Potatoes are
done.
4. In a strainer pour the water out and let the potatoes cool down.
3. Check boiled potatoes by inserting a knife or fork in the center, it should go
in easily all the way to the center without any efforts, it means the Potatoes are
done.
4. In a strainer pour the water out and let the potatoes cool down.
Open the cooker & check potatoes
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Pour the water out & let the Potatoes cool down
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5. Once potatoes cool down peel the skin out.
6. With a potato shredder shred boiled potato. You could also mash the potatoes
with a fork or potato masher, but by shredding potatoes come out smooth
without any small pieces.
6. With a potato shredder shred boiled potato. You could also mash the potatoes
with a fork or potato masher, but by shredding potatoes come out smooth
without any small pieces.
Peeled potatoes
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Shred potatoes
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7. If using canned chickpeas, then drain the water out and wash and rinse. Dry
the chickpeas by using paper towel making sure there is no access water in
chickpeas.
8. With a fork or a potato masher mash chickpea coarsely.
the chickpeas by using paper towel making sure there is no access water in
chickpeas.
8. With a fork or a potato masher mash chickpea coarsely.
Boiled chickpeas
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Mash boiled Chickpeas
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9. In a bowl add mash potatoes and mash chickpeas and mix them together.
Mashed chickpeas
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Add chickpeas in the mash potato
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10. Add chopped onions, grated ginger, chopped green chilies, salt, chopped
coriander leaves and lemon juice, into chickpeas and potato mash and mix.
coriander leaves and lemon juice, into chickpeas and potato mash and mix.
Add all the ingredients in potato, chickpeas mix
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Add lemon juice
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Mix all the ingredients
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Potato, chickpeas mix
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11. If mixture is too moist Tikki will break. So, make sure there is not too much
of moisture in chickpea or potato. To avoid that add breadcrumbs.
12. If you have store-bought breadcrumbs, measure out ½ cup or as needs. If not,
lightly toast the bread until it become dry then coarsely blend in a mixer or
blender and add to the Potato chickpeas mixture.
of moisture in chickpea or potato. To avoid that add breadcrumbs.
12. If you have store-bought breadcrumbs, measure out ½ cup or as needs. If not,
lightly toast the bread until it become dry then coarsely blend in a mixer or
blender and add to the Potato chickpeas mixture.
Breadcrumbs
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Add breadcrumbs in Tikki
mix
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13. Grease your Palms.
14. Take a small portion of the mixture and roll in between your palms into a
ball.
14. Take a small portion of the mixture and roll in between your palms into a
ball.
Mix breadcrumbs well in the potato mix
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Grease your palms
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Take some potato mixture in your hand
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Roll the potato mixture
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15. Now with your palms press the ball gently and make it like a Pattie and place
it in a plate. Repeat the process until you make all the patties.
it in a plate. Repeat the process until you make all the patties.
Roll the potato mixture into a ball
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Flatten the ball into a Patti
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16. Heat a flat frying pan.
Chole tikki patties
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Heat the pan
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17. Pour 2 tablespoons oil and with the spatula spread all over the surface of the
pan.
18. Take one Tikki at a time and place on the hot pan and fry them on medium
heat.
pan.
18. Take one Tikki at a time and place on the hot pan and fry them on medium
heat.
Grease the pan
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Place the Tikki’s on the pan
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19. Let the Tikkies fry for 2 minutes then with the spatula turn them to other side.
20. Fry the tikki’s for another side for 2 minutes.
21. Drizzle some oil around the edges of the tikkies so that they do not stick to
the pan, flip the tikkies around few times for 5 to 6 minutes or until both sides
become crisp and golden brown.
20. Fry the tikki’s for another side for 2 minutes.
21. Drizzle some oil around the edges of the tikkies so that they do not stick to
the pan, flip the tikkies around few times for 5 to 6 minutes or until both sides
become crisp and golden brown.
Turn the tikki's to other side
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Drizzle oil around the tikkies
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22. Once the tikkis become golden brown with the spatula take them off the pan
and place on a plate over the paper towel so that extra oil is absorbed. Repeat
the process until all the tikkis are made.
and place on a plate over the paper towel so that extra oil is absorbed. Repeat
the process until all the tikkis are made.
Chole Aloo Tikki's are fried
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Place the Tikki's over paper towel
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Direction to prepare the chat:
In North India aloo Tikki is eaten with so many different ways. It can be prepared to suite your taste. Some people eat them with coriander chutney or tamarind chutney or with ketchup. Here is the most popular recipe to serve the potato Tikki.
Following ingredients needed to prepare Chole Aloo Tikki Chaat
In North India aloo Tikki is eaten with so many different ways. It can be prepared to suite your taste. Some people eat them with coriander chutney or tamarind chutney or with ketchup. Here is the most popular recipe to serve the potato Tikki.
Following ingredients needed to prepare Chole Aloo Tikki Chaat
1. Whisk the yogurt, make it smooth and add salt.
2. Place two tikkies in the serving plate and with the spoon pour some yogurt
over tikkis and spread.
3. Pour spoon full of coriander chutney and tamarind chutney.
4. Sprinkle red chili powder, roasted cumin powder and chat masala and serve.
5. Tikkies could be served with coriander chutney or tamarind chutney or
ketchup.
2. Place two tikkies in the serving plate and with the spoon pour some yogurt
over tikkis and spread.
3. Pour spoon full of coriander chutney and tamarind chutney.
4. Sprinkle red chili powder, roasted cumin powder and chat masala and serve.
5. Tikkies could be served with coriander chutney or tamarind chutney or
ketchup.
Yogurt
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Green chutney
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Imli chutney
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Red chili powder
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Roasted cumin powder
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Chat masala
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Chole Aloo Tikki
Tips:
1. In the parties serve tikkis buffet style so that guest makes them to their taste.
2. Cholas are also served along with tikkis.
1. In the parties serve tikkis buffet style so that guest makes them to their taste.
2. Cholas are also served along with tikkis.
Please take the time to let me know what you think about my recipe. Your comments would be helpful to me to improve the recipe
Thank you
Geeta Seth
Thank you
Geeta Seth
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Potato cutlets Sabudana aloo vada (Tapioca with
Potato cutlet)
Hariyalli tikki Potato pakora (Fritters)
(Potato with spinach patties)
Besan dokhla (Gram flour dokhla) Mathri (Crispy, salty cracker)
Samosa Gol gappas (pani poori)
Aloo tikki (Potatoes patties) Dosa
Potato cutlets Sabudana aloo vada (Tapioca with
Potato cutlet)
Hariyalli tikki Potato pakora (Fritters)
(Potato with spinach patties)
Besan dokhla (Gram flour dokhla) Mathri (Crispy, salty cracker)
Samosa Gol gappas (pani poori)
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