Banarasi Aloo Tikki
Crispy potato patties with tamarind and green chutney.
Ingredients
Garnish
- Coriander Leaves (optional) (garnish) — 2 tbsp (chopped)
Main
- salt (optional) (whole)
- Potato — 250 g (chopped)
- Tamarind — 100 g (whole)
- Gram Flour — 1 cup (ground)
Tempering
- oil — 2 tbsp (whole)
Method
- Boil the potato until fully cooked, then peel and mash it well until smooth.
- Soak the tamarind in warm water, then squeeze out the pulp and strain it to make a tangy tamarind water, discarding the fibre and seeds.
- Dry roast the gram flour in a pan on low heat, stirring continuously until it turns light golden and gives off a nutty aroma, then let it cool.
- Mix the roasted gram flour into the mashed potato along with salt, and shape the mixture into small round flat tikkis.
- Heat the oil in a shallow pan and shallow-fry the tikkis on medium heat, turning carefully, until both sides are golden brown and crisp.
- Arrange the fried tikkis on a plate and drizzle generously with the tamarind water.
- Garnish with chopped coriander leaves and serve the Banarasi aloo tikki hot.
Common questions
- Banarasi Aloo Tikki ko English mein kya kehte hain?
- बनारसी आलू टिक्की ko English mein Banarasi Aloo Tikki likhte hain.
- Ek plate Banarasi Aloo Tikki mein kitni calories hoti hain?
- 137 kcal per plate.
- Kitna time lagta hai?
- 25 min lagta hai — 15 min taiyari, 10 min pakana.