Recipe: Delicious Crispy Punjabi Aloo Tikki

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Crispy Punjabi Aloo Tikki. Let me show you how to cook Punjabi/Pakistani Style Aloo Tikki. An Aloo Tikki recipe that is crispy, crusty and so good. In Hindi language, aloo are potatoes and tikki are patties.

Crispy Punjabi Aloo Tikki

You can also serve with chaat topping. Aloo is the Hindi name for potatoes and tikki is a patty. So aloo tikki literally translates to potato patties. You can have Crispy Punjabi Aloo Tikki using 18 ingredients and 25 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Crispy Punjabi Aloo Tikki

  1. You need 4 of Boiled Potatoes.
  2. Prepare 1 Cup of Poha/ Rice Flakes.
  3. Prepare 1 Cup of Chana Dal.
  4. Prepare 3-4 Table Spoon of Chawal Ka Atta/ Rice Flour.
  5. You need 1/2 Cup of Matar/ Peas.
  6. You need 1 inch of Ginger.
  7. It's 1-2 of Green Chillies.
  8. You need 1 Pinch of Hing.
  9. Prepare 1/2 Tea Spoon of Jeera.
  10. Prepare Leaves of Some Dhaniya.
  11. Prepare of Spices.
  12. Prepare 2 Tea Spoon of Salt.
  13. Prepare 1/2 Tea Spoon of Haldi Powder.
  14. You need 1 Tea Spoon of Laal Mirch Powder.
  15. You need 1 Tea Spoon of Dhaniya Powder.
  16. It's 1 Tea Spoon of Amchoor Powder.
  17. It's 1 Tea Spoon of Garam Masala.
  18. Prepare 1/2 Tea Spoon of Rock Salt/ Kala Namak.

These Indian style potato patties are. Super crispy Aloo Tikki stuffed with a spicy paneer filling. These deep fried spicy potato patties are extremely popular in India and often enjoyed with dollops of yogurt & chutney! This recipe makes the crispiest aloo tikki!

Crispy Punjabi Aloo Tikki instructions

  1. Keep the Boiled potatoes without peeling their skin off in refrigerator for 5-6 hours or overnight so that water & starch in aloo combines & become into a gel..
  2. Wash Chana Dal properly, soak it in water for 2 hours..
  3. Chop Dhaniya Leaves & Ginger very finely..
  4. Now after 5-6 hours or overnight, peel off their skin & grate them with big hole grater into lacche..
  5. Don’t mash them because their gel will be damaged..
  6. Now Soak Poha in some water for 2-3 minutes so that it become soft..
  7. After 2-3 minutes, drain out all the water from Poha & add it in grated aloo laccha..
  8. Then add 4 Table Spoon Chawal Ka Atta/ Rice Flour in them, mix them properly & let the mixture rest for 1 hour..
  9. Don’t add salt at this Time as aloo may loose it's moisture..
  10. Then after 2 hours, Drain out all the water from dal, take a pressure cooker, add dal in it with 1/2 Teaspoon Haldi Powder with some water & boil it for 10-15 minutes till it becomes 70-80% soft..
  11. Don’t cook dal 100%..
  12. Now take a kadhai, add 1-2 Table Spoon oil in it & keep the gas on medium flame..
  13. When oil gets heated up, add 1/2 Teaspoon Jeera & 1 Pinch Hing & let them sizzle..
  14. When they start sizzling, add boiled Chana dal with spices mix, chopped dhaniya leaves, Ginger & mix them properly & cook them for 4-5 minutes..
  15. After 4-5 minutes, turn off the gas & let the stuffing cool down properly..
  16. Now after 1 hour, add 1 Teaspoon Salt in aloo mixture & mix it properly..
  17. Now take some aloo mixture & press it from between, then put some stuffing in it & close the Tikki..
  18. Now give it a shape of Tikki with the help of cookie cutter or a katori..
  19. Do the same process to all mixture & stuffing..
  20. Now take a kadhai, add 3/4 oil in it & keep the gas on medium flame..
  21. Don’t deep fry Tikki, shallow fry it only..
  22. When oil gets heated up, add Tikki in it & fry them side by side till they are golden brown in colour..
  23. Don’t turn them immediately as Tikki may break..
  24. When they turn into golden brown in colour, take them out in a plate sprinkle some Garam Masala on top of it with some dahi, Hari chutney & Imli Chutney..
  25. Your Crispy Punjabi Aloo Tikki is ready to be served..

Over the weekend, I often try to cook something delicious at home. Crispy Aloo Tikki is a popular street food chaat that can be made in a variety of ways. Any way you prepare these tikkis, they are sure to turn out great! They taste especially delicious with cilantro chutney or tamarind chutney. One of my favorite toppings is spiced chola (this recipe for crispy aloo.