How to make aloo tikki chole step by step

Aloo tikki chole is a delicious and appetizing snack which hails from Northern India. Aloo tikki is a potato cutlet or croquette made with boiled potatoes and spices. It is served with chickpea curry. To add more flavours aloo tikki chole is topped with yoghurt and chutneys. There are mainly two kinds of chutney served with it which are green chutney and sweet tamarind ginger chutney. However, if both are not available you can use tomato ketchup and green chilli sauce. But if you want it to make like Indian street style, don’t skip these chutneys.

Aloo tikki chole chaat is irresistable. It is full of flavours sweet, tangy, hot and spicy. In Uttar Pradesh, India there are many kinds of chaats sold on roadside stalls. In pic below you can view how these chaat are prepared in street stalls and sold.

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The most famous chaats are papri chaat , aloo chaat, samosa chaat, chana chaat , aloo tikki chaat and of course aloo chole tikki chaat. Sometimes these aloo tikki chole are stuffed with peas and lentils. It varies region wise but aloo tikki are always served hot and crispy. These aloo tikki are also used to make sandwiches and burgers in many places. It can also be eaten with naan and paratha.

Let’s talk about this recipe. This aloo tikki chole is made in very low fat. Can you believe ??? yes it’s true, this recipe uses very less oil. To make it healthy for my family I have made chickpea curry in 1 tablespoon of oil and also shallow fried the aloo tikki using spray oil instead of deep frying or shallow frying in much amount of oil. In my family my mother can’t take much on oil and fat so I always try to cut down fat amount. By the way it is just your personal choice. I can not deny that using more oil and ghee makes food tasty but lot of fat and health doesn’t go hand in hand.

Second thing I want to mention is to bind the potato in tikkis I have used soaked bread instead of cornflour and then to give crispiness I have used corn starch as I was running out of breadcrumbs. To make it more healthy you may use bread crumbs to coat the tikki. Ok now I am closing my chatterbox and let’s jump to the recipe.

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Ingredients

For chole

Chickpeas- 1 cup, boiled

Onion – 1 medium sized, chopped finely

Tomato puree – 1 cup

Ginger garlic paste – ½ teaspoon

Asfoetida – ¼ teaspoon

Coriander powder – 1 ½ teaspoon

Turmeric powder – 1/4 teaspoon

Red chili powder – 1 teaspoon

Cumin seeds – 1 teaspoon

Garam masala – 1 teaspoon

Anardana powder – 1 tablespoon

Salt to taste

For Aloo tikki

Potato – 2 medium , boiled, peeled and mashed

Green chili – 1, finely chopped

Bread slice – 1 piece

Chaat masala – 1 teaspoon

Red chili powder – ½ teaspoon

Amchur powder – ½ teaspoon

cumin powder – ½ teaspoon

coriander powder- ½teaspoon

ginger powder – ¼ teaspoon

Cooking oil spray as require

Cornflour – 2 tablespoon

Black salt – to taste

Coriander leaves – 1 tablespoons, finely chopped (optional)

Other Accompaniments

Yogurt/ curd – 2 tablespoon

Green chutney – as required

Sweet tamarind chutney – as required

Sev – 2 tablespoon

Chopped onion – 1tablespoon (optional)

Chopped coriander leaves or cilantro (optional)

Chaat masala – as required

Lemon juice as per taste (optional)

Let’s prepare aloo tikki chole step by step

1. Chole recipe step by step

Place a non stick pan on medium heat. Add 1 tablespoon of olive oil. Once oil gets hot add cumin seeds. Once they splutter up add chopped onion. Saute till onion turn golden brown in colour. Add ginger garlic paste and saute till raw aroma evaporates. Add spices asafoetida, turmeric powder, red chili powder, garam masala, anardana powder and coriander powder. Saute for a min and add tomato puree. Cook the masala on low heat for 3-4 min. Once masala starts leaving oil on the edges, it means masala is cooked.

Add boiled chickpeas to the cooked masala and add salt to taste. Add 1 cup of water. Put the lid on and let it boil.

Once it comes to boil slow down the heat to minimum possible heat and let it simmer for 7-8 min. Till now chole will get thicken in consistency and trapped aroma of spices. Chickpeas are ready to serve.

2. Aloo tikki step by step

Cut boiled potato into cubes. Soak the whole wheat bread in room temperature water for few seconds. Now squeeze all the water from the bread and add to the chopped potato.

Add spices cumin powder, coriander powder, chaat masala, ginger powder, green chilies, red chili powder, dry mango powder and black salt. Mash the potatoes mixture with the help of potato masher or better to use hand. Mix everything thoroughly. Now divide the mixture into 5 equal portions and make patty out of it.

Now coat the aloo patties in corn flour also known as corn starch. Heat a non stick skillet on high heat for shallow frying. Drizzle some oil on skillet. Put the tikkis gently on the pan. Smear some oil on tikki as well. Cook till bottom side is brown and crispy.

Once cooked, flip the tikkis using spatula and let it get brown other side as well. Shift them to a plate and keep it aside.

3.Arranging and Serving aloo tikki chole

Now start plating. Pour chole in a serving dish and place two aloo tikki over. Drizzle some yogurt. Pour the green chutney or sweet tamarind chutney. If you don’t have chutney ready tomato ketchup will also work. Sprinkle chopped mint leaves and lastly garnish with sev. Serve aloo tikki chole immediately.

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