Tikki Chole/Aloo Tikki Chole

Coming to second day of Blogging Marathon under combo theme I made Tikki Chole a popular street food/chaat.Though the process is bit lengthy its worth it for the delicious taste,lets move on to the recipe....................

Basic Information

Preparation time ~ 30 minutes
Cooking Time ~1 hour
Serves ~4

Ingredients

For the Chole

Ingredient	Quantity
Chickpeas/vella kondakadalai/channa	11/4 cups(soaked)
Onion(finely chopped)	1(medium size)
Tomato	2 (large size)
Green chilly/pachamilagai	2(finely chopped)
Ginger/inji	2 tsp(grated)
Red chilly powder/milagai podi	11/4tsp
Coriander powder/dhaniya podi	1tsp
Garam masala powder	1/2tsp
Dry mango powder/aamchur powder	1/2tsp
Coriander leaves/kothamalli	1tbs(chopped)
Cumin seeds/jeeragam	1/2tsp
Oil	2tbs

For the Tikki

Ingredient	Quantity
Potato(boiled)	3 (medium size)
Corn flour	1tbs
Red chilly powder	1/4tsp
Garam masala powder	1/4tsp
Coriander leaves/kothamalli	1tbs(chopped)
Salt	1tsp
Oil	3 tsp

Other Ingredients to Garnish for Single serving

Ingredient	Quantity
Sweet Chutney	2 tsp
Green chutney	1 -11/2tsp
Yogurt/thayir	2tsp
Thin sev	as needed
Coriander leaves/kothamalli	1tbs(chopped)
Onion(finely chopped)	1tbs
Green chilly(finely chopped)	1(optional)

Method

For the Chole

Pressure cook the soaked chickpeas with a pinch of salt for 2-3 whistles in a medium flame,grind the tomatoes in a blender to a fine paste and keep it aside.
Heat a pan with oil and crackle the cumin seeds,add the onion and green chilly,saute it till it becomes golden.Add the grated ginger and fry it for a minute then goes in the pureed tomatoes and cook it till the oil separates.

Now add all the spice powders and give it a mix,add around 2 cups of water,let it boil.Add the cooked chickpeas and cook it in a medium flame till it becomes thick,now slightly mash some of chickpeas with the help of ladle and allow it to boil for a minute.Finally sprinkle the coriander leaves and put off the flame.

Chole is ready.

For the Tikkis

Mash the boiled potatoes till it becomes smooth,to this add all ingredients given except oil and mix it well.Divide it to 8 equal parts and smooth it and flatten it to a disc.

Heat a griddle with oil and cook the tikkis in a medium flame till both sides get cooked to a golden color.Remove it from the flame.

Aloo tikkis are ready.

How to serve it (for single serving)

Now in a serving bowl take around 1/2-3/4 cup of chole and place the tikkis on it.Now drizzle the sweet chutney,green chutney and yogurt.Then sprinkle the finely chopped onion,green chilly and coriander leaves,finally the thin sev.

 Serve it immediately.

Enjoy....................................

• For extra taste sprinkle some chaat masala powder in the final garnish.
• If the tikkis get separated add little more corn flour or all purpose flour.
• If the chole is too thick then dilute it with hot water to the desired consistency.

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