Aloo Tikki Chole

 This is North Indian chaat recipe. shallow fried potato patties topped with spicy chickpea gravy, green chutney, sweet chutney, yogurt and sev. Indian chaat recipes are tongue tickling. All chaat recipes have combination of sweet, spicy and tangy flavors. And this aloo tikki chole is one of it. You will taste all these complex flavors in your mouth. Apart from lots of flavors you will feel many different textures in your mouth.

Recipe:

1) Boil the  potatoes in pressure cooker for 2-3 whistles on medium heat. also boil green peas. You can cook peas in microwave for 4-5 minutes as well.

2) Mash the boiled potatoes. add peas in a bowl. Mash both together  using potato masher, so everything gets well blended.

3) Mash both together using potato masher, so everything gets well blended.

4) Add finely chopped green chilies, cilantro, red chili power, chaat masala and salt.

5) Mix everything together.

6) Divide the mixture into 6 equal portions and make patty out  of it.

7) Heat the skillet on medium heat for shallow frying. Add few teaspoons of oil. Once oil is medium hot, put the tikkis gently and carefully on the pan.

8) Drizzle some oil tikki as well. Cook till bottom side is brown and crispy. Once cooked, flip the tikkis using spatula and let it brown other side as well. Remove it to a plate and keep it aside.

9) Warm up the leftover chole in microwave. Also prep other elements for making chaat like onion, tomato, yogurt and both chutneys.

10) Drizzle 1 to 2 tablespoons of green chutney or mint chutney. Quantity will depend on the spice level of the chutney.

11) Lastly garnish with 2-3 tablespoons of sev. Just for the photo purpose i have used less sev. I sprinkled more sev before serving.