Coming to second day of Blogging Marathon under combo theme I made Tikki Chole a popular street food/chaat.Though the process is bit lengthy its worth it for the delicious taste,lets move on to the recipe....................
Basic Information
Preparation time 30 minutes
Cooking Time 1 hour
Serves 4
Ingredients
For the Chole
| Ingredient | Quantity |
|---|---|
| Chickpeas/vella kondakadalai/channa | 11/4 cups(soaked) |
| Onion(finely chopped) | 1(medium size) |
| Tomato | 2 (large size) |
| Green chilly/pachamilagai | 2(finely chopped) |
| Ginger/inji | 2 tsp(grated) |
| Red chilly powder/milagai podi | 11/4tsp |
| Coriander powder/dhaniya podi | 1tsp |
| Garam masala powder | 1/2tsp |
| Dry mango powder/aamchur powder | 1/2tsp |
| Coriander leaves/kothamalli | 1tbs(chopped) |
| Cumin seeds/jeeragam | 1/2tsp |
| Oil | 2tbs |
For the Tikki
| Ingredient | Quantity |
|---|---|
| Potato(boiled) | 3 (medium size) |
| Corn flour | 1tbs |
| Red chilly powder | 1/4tsp |
| Garam masala powder | 1/4tsp |
| Coriander leaves/kothamalli | 1tbs(chopped) |
| Salt | 1tsp |
| Oil | 3 tsp |
Other Ingredients to Garnish for Single serving
| Ingredient | Quantity |
|---|---|
| Sweet Chutney | 2 tsp |
| Green chutney | 1 -11/2tsp |
| Yogurt/thayir | 2tsp |
| Thin sev | as needed |
| Coriander leaves/kothamalli | 1tbs(chopped) |
| Onion(finely chopped) | 1tbs |
| Green chilly(finely chopped) | 1(optional) |
Method
For the Chole
Pressure cook the soaked chickpeas with a pinch of salt for 2-3 whistles in a medium flame,grind the tomatoes in a blender to a fine paste and keep it aside.
Heat a pan with oil and crackle the cumin seeds,add the onion and green chilly,saute it till it becomes golden.Add the grated ginger and fry it for a minute then goes in the pureed tomatoes and cook it till the oil separates.
Now add all the spice powders and give it a mix,add around 2 cups of water,let it boil.Add the cooked chickpeas and cook it in a medium flame till it becomes thick,now slightly mash some of chickpeas with the help of ladle and allow it to boil for a minute.Finally sprinkle the coriander leaves and put off the flame.
Chole is ready.
For the Tikkis
Mash the boiled potatoes till it becomes smooth,to this add all ingredients given except oil and mix it well.Divide it to 8 equal parts and smooth it and flatten it to a disc.
Heat a griddle with oil and cook the tikkis in a medium flame till both sides get cooked to a golden color.Remove it from the flame.
Aloo tikkis are ready.
How to serve it (for single serving)
Now in a serving bowl take around 1/2-3/4 cup of chole and place the tikkis on it.Now drizzle the sweet chutney,green chutney and yogurt.Then sprinkle the finely chopped onion,green chilly and coriander leaves,finally the thin sev.
Serve it immediately.
Enjoy....................................
- For extra taste sprinkle some chaat masala powder in the final garnish.
- If the tikkis get separated add little more corn flour or all purpose flour.
- If the chole is too thick then dilute it with hot water to the desired consistency.
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