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AUTHENTIC ALOO KI TIKKI
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Authentic Aloo Ki Tikki

Authentic Aloo Ki Tikki is made with grated potatoes, lentils, peas, paneer,  cilantro, raisins, and spices. All the goods mixed in together to give your tastebuds ride of their life.
Prep Time10 minutes
Cook Time20 minutes
Resting Time7 hours
Total Time7 hours 30 minutes
Course: Appetizer
Cuisine: Indian
Keyword: aloo ki tikki, authentic, potates
Calories:
Author: Sarah Mirza

Ingredients

  • 8 potatoes
  • ¼ cup chana dal
  • ¼ cup moong dal
  • 1 tsp cumin powder
  • 1 tsp red chili powder
  • ½ tsp tumeric powder
  • ½ tsp salt as needed
  • olive oil extra virgin
  • 1 tsp cumin seeds
  • 1 tsp coriander powder hand crushed
  • 2 tsp amchur powder
  • ½ tsp black salt
  • ¼ cup water
  • ¼ cup paneer
  • 2 tbsp peas frozen
  • ¼ cup raisins
  • ¼ bunch cilantro
  • 5 tbsp rice flour

Instructions

Steps To Do The Day Before

  • First soak the chana dal and moong dal in water for 7 hours or overnight.
  • Place your potatoes in a large plate in the microwave.
  • Heat it up for 8 minutes.
  • Turn the potatoes around.
  • Heat it up for 8 minutes.
  • Take them out place them in the fridge for 7 hours or overnight.

Let's Make Aloo Ki Tikki

  • Take out the potatoes from the fridge and peel the skin off.
  • Grate the potatoes in a bowl and set aside.
  • Drain all the water from the Dal. Make sure you get every ouce of water out from the dal bowl, and set it aside.
  • Take cumin powder and dry roast in a fry pan.
  • Now add ½ tsp cumin powder, ½ tsp red chili powder, and ½ tsp salt to the bowl that has the grated potatoes and mix well.
  • Next mix in the rice flour and set it aside.
  • In the same fry pan that has the remainder cumin dry roast cumin powder, on medium heat, heat up 3 tbsp olive oil. (keep mixing)
  • Add coriander seeds and cumin seeds and keep mixing for 1 minute.
  • Next add in the lentils (dals) and mix it up for 30 seconds.
  • Add ½ tsp red chili powder, turmeric powder, coriander powder, amchur powder, black salt.
  • Mix everything well.
  • Next add water , mix well, and let it cook until all the water evaporates.
  • Now add in peas and paneer and mix well.
  • Let everything cook for 5 minutes.
  • Next add the raisins and mix well.
  • Add in the cilantro and mix well.

Prepare the Tikkis

  • Take a medium chunck of the make a patty.
  • Stuff that patty with the dal batter.
  • Now close all corners
  • Now press it between your hands
  • Roll it.

Frying the Tikki

  • Add oil to a clean fry pan on medium heat.
  • Heat up the oil.
  • Place few Tikkis in there.
  • Let it get to a beautiful orangish color and then flip it.
  • Now let the other side get to a beautiful orangish color.
  • Then take it out.
  • Serve it hot.