Aloo Tikki Chat

I am crazy for Chat items, especially Aloo tikki or gol gappa aka pani puri.

This diwali i got 4 days off from work so decided to try out some chat at home to surprise my husband.

Actually making chat is very easy but you need lot of ingredients for that which makes it a bit a difficult task.

I am sharing my recipe for Aloo Tikki here.

What you need

Potatoes - 4 boiled and peeled

Bread slices - 8

Corriander chutney - 1/2 cup

Tamarind Chutney - 1/2 cup

Sev - 1/2 cup

Chopped onions - 1/4 cup

Green peas - 1/2 cup

Jeera powder - 1 tsp

Curd - 1/4 cup

garam masala - 1/2 tsp

Chat masala - 1/2 tsp

black salt - as required

salt - as required

oil - for shallow frying

How to prepare

First boil and peel the potatoes and mash them adding a little bit salt.

 Cook green peas with garam masala and salt so that a dry dish is made without much water and keep aside.

Now cut the sides of the bread slices and wet them with water and mix well with mashed potatoes. Make balls with the potato bread mix and flatten them a little. But don't make them too thin, it should be as thick as cutlets.

Now heat oil on a frying pan or kadai and shallow fry the tikkis till both sides turn brown.

Now the tikkis are ready. Keep them in a bowl or serving dish. Mash them a little and put the green peas masala dish on it's top. Add the curd on top of this. Now sprinkle jeera powder,chat masala and black salt on top of this. Add the corriander chutney and tamarind chutney on top of this. Sprinkle the chopped onions and sev also and your delicious chat is ready!

For tamarind chutney

Mix some tamarind pulp and jaggery in some water and boil, simmer for a few minutes till it becomes thick. Now add jeera powder,dried ginger powder and blacksalt and remove from heat.

For corriander chutney

Grind corriander leaves,green chilly,ginger garlic and tomato(you can add either tamarind or lemon juice instead of tomato) with enough salt to a thick paste.