Aloo Tikki Chana Chaat

Hi friends today I am sharing another mouth watering dish known as Aloo Tikki Chana Chaat. Basically it is a snack item and typically served at road-side tracks from stalls or food carts in India and Pakistan. With its origins in Uttar Pradesh (India), chaat has become immensely popular in the rest of South Asia.

Chana Chaat

Ingredients:
1 ½ cup chickpeas pressure cooked for 15 to 20 minutes with 1tsp full salt which were soaked overnight;
Tomatoes 5 medium-large;
Fresh coriander a handful and 2-3 little green chilies;
1 Onion chopped for garnishing;
Keep some boiled chickpeas water separate when you drain them;
1 ½ tsp cumin seeds, 1 ½ tsp chili powder, 1 ½ tsp chaat masala powder and 3/4 tsp salt;
½ Cup Tamarind pulp, it has salt in it already so when you add salt in chickpeas be careful;
1 tbsp oil.

Method:
Heat oil in a pan, add cumin seeds let them turned golden in color, add sliced tomatoes cook till they separate water and turned into puree form;
Add boiled chickpeas, stir well;
Add chili powder, salt, chat masala powder, stir well;
Add tamarind pulp abt 2 tbsp, make sure the flame is at low heat;
Add green chilies, coriander leaves.


Aloo Tikki

Ingredients:
5 medium sized potatoes boiled ( preferably Talegaon or wafer aloo);
2 green chilies finely chopped;
1 tsp. Shah jeera;
1/2 tsp. red chili powder;
2 pav bread loaves or 5 regular bread slices soaked in water;
Few coriander leaves finely chopped;
A small bowl of oil for frying;
Salt to taste.

For filling:
1 finely chopped onion
ginger
2 green chilies
coriander leaves
1/2 tsp dhania powder
1/2 tsp jeera powder
1/2 tsp aamchoor powder
Mix everything together.

Method:
Mash boiled potatoes, add shah jeera, chopped green chilies, red chili powder, chopped coriander leaves, salt to taste and bread slices soaked and well drained. Mix all ingredients together and with the help of few drops of oil make even dough;
Make lemon size balls out of dough, flatten in palm with the help of oil;
Fill the onion filling abt a tsp and close well so that the filling doesn't sneak out, make equal size patties;
Heat enough oil in a pan to shallow fry the patties or tikkis in med to high flame for abt 2 min or till the tikki turned golden brown.

How to serve:
Take a platter pour 2 tbsp of chana chaat, decorate 2 aloo tikkis over it;
Garnish with curd, green chutney, sweet tamarind chutney, besan bhujia or papdi and some chopped onion.