Broccoli Aloo Tikki

 Ingredients:

• Potato med size - 3
• Broccoli - 2 cup cut into florets
• Grated cheese - 6 tbsp
• Bread crumbs - from 2 slices of toasted bread
• Chaat masala - 3 teaspoon
• Garam masala - 1 teaspoon
• Chilli powder - 1 teaspoon
• Turmeric - 0.5 tsp
• Roasted cumin powder - 2 teaspoon
• Black pepper - 3 teaspoon crushed
• Salt - As needed
• Oil - As needed

Method:

• Cook and mash potatoes. Drain potatoes well.
• Steam broccoli until soft and coarsely grind it in a food processor with no water added.
• Mix the mashed potatoes and ground broccoli and the rest of the ingredients together in a bowl (except oil).
• Divide into equal portions and make equal sized balls out of it. Flatten to form tikkis.
• Heat a pan with few drops of oil and place the tikkies over it. Cook over medium flame both sides until golden layer forms.
• Serving option: Serve as mini burgers with burger buns, lettuce and ketchup.

Aloo Tikki

I have always wanted to make cutlets. But thought it a huge task. These are an easy version of the deep fried cutlets. I shallow fried them in a pan with very little oil. Came across this recipe in a recipe book a long long time ago. Finally gave it a try.

These were too good! Hubby loves potatoes, so he was sampling the tikkies as they were coming out of the pan! But these tikkies have to be eaten hot, otherwise they get a bit soggy, as with all cutlets. Unfortunately I made this a bit early, and my guest was also running a bit late. Even though I tried heating them up in the microwave, they were still soggy. So I would suggest making the patties earlier and store them in the fridge, and cook them after your guests arrive.

Aloo Tikkies

Ingredients:

4 – Big mashed Potatoes

2 – Slices of bread ( soaked in water and squeezed dry)

1 tsp – Pepper Powder

½ tsp – Garam Masala

1 tsp – Chilli Powder

Juice of half a small lime

Salt – to taste

Oil – as required

Method:

·         Crumble the soaked bread slices well.

·         Add all the ingredients, except oil together in a bowl, and mix well.

·         Make small round patties of the mixture.

·         Heat a shallow pan on medium flame.

·         Add little oil and fry the patties until golden brown on both sides.

·         Serve with ketchup/Pudhina Chutney.