Aloo Tikki

I was introduced to this dish by Shwetha bhabhi. Till then I had tried my hand with cutlets, but tikki was a whole new ball game. But once I started frying these delicacies, it turned out real easy to make them. Now these go pretty well with our regular tomato ketchup, however something even better is the raw mango pudina chutney (thanks again to bhabhi & bhaiya). So here’s my take on Aloo Tikki.

Ingredients

•  2 medium potatoes boiled
• 1 medium onion chopped finely
• 2 tsp. ginger garlic paste
• 1 tsp. chilli powder
• 1 tsp. turmeric powder
• 1 tsp. coriander powder
• 1 tsp. garam masala powder
• Salt to taste
•  3 tbsp. Coriander leaves chopped
• 2 egg whites beaten nicely
• ½ cup bread crumbs
• 1 tbsp. veg oil plus 4 tbsp. for frying

Heat 1 tbsp. of oil in a pan and add onion, ginger garlic paste. Saute till the onion becomes translucent. Add salt. Add the chilli powder, turmeric powder, coriander powder and garam masala powder and sauté for 3-5 minutes. Remove from heat.

In a bowl, put the boiled potatoes and mash with a fork. (If you have a masher…. well good enough).

Add the onion mixture to the mashed potatoes and add the coriander leaves and mix well with a spoon until combined.

Make small balls and shape into small patties( disc shaped). Keep it aside.

Heat 4 tbsp. of oil in a pan; Dip the ball in the egg whites and then in the bread crumbs and shallow fry till both sides of the patty turns brown.

Tranfer it to a plate with paper towel on it and let sit for a minute or two.

Serve the tikkis with tomato chilli sauce. Yuumm!!!