ALOO TIKKI CHAAT

Let's do some Chaat recipes this week...

INGREDIENTS

 

500 gm potatoes boiled and mashed
4 slices of bread
4 green chillies
1 tsp cumin seeds
1 pinch asafoetida
1 tsp turmeric powder
1 tsp chilli flakes
2 tbsp corn starch
3 tbsb chopped corriander leaves
Salt to taste
Oil for shallow frying

For assembling..
Chopped onions
Chopped corriander leaves
Chaat masala
Thin sev

For topping

1/2 cup tamarind and jaggery chutney
To make this...
Boil 1 cup grated jaggery and 15 deseeded dates and a lemon sized ball of deseeded tamarind with a cup of water. When the jaggery dissolves and the dates get soft allow it to cool. Blend and strain. To the strained mix add 1/2 tsp black salt,1/2 tsp regular salt,1 tsp red chill powder 1/2 tsp roasted cumin powder and 1/4 tsp dry ginger powder. Mix well..

1/2 cup green chutney
For this just grind 1 cup corriander leaves with 3-4 green chillies,5-6 cloves garlic,salt and 5-6 tbsp thick sev or gathiya. Blend well and use.

1-2 cup of curds...
For this just whip the regular thick curd with 2-3 tbsp sugar and salt to taste, add a little milk to adjust consistency.

Method for aloo TIKKI

In a bowl mix the mashed potatoes with the rest of the ingredients. Everything except oil. Crush the bread slices or grind in a mixer and then mix well. Make tikkis from this mix and shallow fry in oil till golden and crisp.

For plating...

Place the TIKKI on the serving plate...and press with your fingers..just to flatten it .
Then add the tamarind chutney and green chutney.. as per your taste...top it with curds and finally garnish with chopped corriander leaves and chopped onions and Chaat masala and sev...
Enjoy ....