Aloo Tikki Choley Chaat

Aloo tikki is a very popular north Indian snack. These aloo tikki's are stuffed with channa dal in the center and shallow fried. You can put any veggie filling you like instead of channa.Now these tikki's can be served along with tamarind-date chutney, green chutney and yogurt. Then the next thing you can do is make chaat with Aloo tikki and serve along with choley.

Aloo Tikki - Stuffed with Channa dal

Ingredients

6 medium - Potatoes, boiled
2 tbsp - Bread crumbs
1/2 of a - Onion, finely chopped
2 - Green chili, finely chopped
2 tbsp - Coriander leaves, finely chopped
Salt to taste

Masala powders

1/2 tsp - Red chili powder
1/2 tsp - Coriander powder
1/2 tsp - Amchoor powder
1/2 tsp - Roasted jeera powder
1/2 tsp - Garam masala powder

For filling in center

1/3 cup - Channa dal
Salt to taste

Method

1 ) Soak channa dal for 1/2 hour and cook dal in enough water with salt to taste. Dal should not get over cooked. Cook till the dal is cooked and grainy, not mashed.

2 ) Boil potato with the skin. Discard the skin and mash potato finely. Add bread crumbs, mix and knead to make a smooth dough. Now add all the masala powders, salt to taste, onion, green chili and coriander leaves. Mix well.

3 ) Now take a small portion of potato dough, make a ball, then flatten it. To the center of the dough put little cooked chana dal and wrap it with potato dough, like it is done with stuffed paratha. Wrap the dough and then make like a ball and flatten little to get a pattie shape.

4 ) Heat a flat pan with little oil. Place the tikki in the oil and shallow fry on both sides to a golden brown color. Take off the pan and drain in a paper towel. Similarly make tikki's with rest of the potato dough.

Serve with Tamarind-date chutney, green chutney and yogurt. You can drizzle the chutneys and yogurt on the tikki and serve. I have not made green chutney for this picture. It was yummy even without green chutney.

To make Aloo Tikki Choley Chaat

You need to make choley to serve with aloo tikki. This is a simple choley preparation to go with aloo tikki.

For choley

Ingredients

29 0z / 822 grams can - White chick peas, drain water and wash well
1/2 of a - Red onion, chopped finely
1 - Tomato, chopped
1.5 tsp - Coriander powder
1/2 tsp - Red chili powder
1/4 tsp - Turmeric powder
1 tsp - Amchoor powder
1/2 tsp - Garam masala powder

Seasoning

1/4 tsp - Cumin seeds
1/4 tsp - Hing powder
2 - cloves
1 - Big black cardamom /Badi Elaichi
1 small - Cinnamon Stick
1 - Bay leaf

Method

1 ) Heat oil in a saucepan, add cumin, cloves, cardamom, cinnamon , bay leaf and hing powder. Let the spices give out the aroma. Then add onion and fry till golden brown.

2 ) Add coriander, red chili, turmeric, garam masala and Amchoor powder. Fry for a second. Add tomato and cook on low heat till tomato is well cooked and oil separates. Add cooked channa, little water and bring to a boil. Smash little channa, simmer, add salt to taste and cook till all the water is used up and is dry. Take off the stove.

Now that the Channa is made, to make the chaat.

1/4 cup - Beaten yogurt
1/4 cup - Tamarind-date chutney
1/4 cup - Green chutney
1 tbsp - Red onion, chopped ( instead of onion, white radish julienne can be used)
Little ginger julienne and coriander leaves

In a serving plate, place tikki, little choley then drizzle with yogurt and chutneys. Sprinkle onion, ginger and coriander leaves. Serve this yummy Aloo tikki choley chaat as a evening snack.