Aloo Tikki Chaat

Serving size--2

Ingredients:

2 big or 4 small potatoes

chilli powder

lemon juice

tamarind-date sauce

sweet curd/yoghurt

coriander sauce or bole toh chutney ;)

salt

fr garnishing u can use...pomergranate/coriander/grapes..

Method :

* Boil potato with the skin. Discard the skin and mash potato finely..

* Add red chilli powder,salt n lemon juice

* Now take a small portion of potato dough, make a ball, then flatten it.

* Heat a flat pan/tawa with little oil. Place the tikki in the oil and shallow fry on both sides till it turns golden brown in color.

* Similarly make tikki's with rest of the potato dough.

* Serve with Tamarind-date chutney, green chutney and sweetened yogurt/curd.

n later garnish with "little" salt n red chilli powder and also pomergranate/coriander/grapes :)

this was the simple version !

to add to the taste and to make it heavy...u can add chholey chaat to it....chholey as in chick peas !

To make chholey chaat for 2 people

Ingredients :

handful of chickpeas (soaked overnight)

finely chopped tomotoes n onions

chhola masala (prefarably Catch)

1/2 tsp red chilli powder (or as per taste)

1/4 tsp haldi/turmeric powder

1/2 tsp garam masala

lemon juice

n ofcourse salt !

for seasoning bole toh chaunk --

little oil

cumin seeds

hing/Asafoetida powder

Method:

1)add water and boil the chickpeas /chholey in a pressure cooker till they r ready !

how one knows its ready...simple...after 4-5 whistles just take out one chickpea n press and see...if its easily mashed...tada its ready :)

keep the chholas and discard the water.

2)Heat oil in a kadhai/saucepan

add cumin seeds...hing..let the spices give out the aroma..add chopped onions...fry till they turn golden brown...

3)Add red chilli powder,chholey masala,garam masala fry for 5 seconds and then add chopped tomatoes and cook on low heat till tomatoes are well cooked .

4)Add the cooked chickpeas/chholey little water (2cups) add salt...stir well...and boil it for 5-7minutes..turn off the stove and add little lemon juice...

Now the chholey is ready to be served with the tikkis ! :)

u can use these same chholey with bhaturas/puris as well...but if i write all the recipes in one page what will i do with the remaining blog ?? LOL :D