Dilli Aloo Tikki Chat

Dilli Aloo Tikki Chat

Ingredients

FOR PATTICE

Potatoes 4 large
Salt to taste
Oil to shallow fry

FOR FILLING

Split black gram skinless (dhuli urad dal),soaked and boiled 1 cup
Fresh coriander leaves,chopped 1 tablespoon
Green chillies,chopped 2
Black salt (kala namak) to taste
Asafoetida a pinch
Ginger,chopped 1/2 inch piece
Chaat masala 3/4 teaspoon
Red chilli powder 3/4 teaspoon

FOR TOPPING one portion

Matara,boiled 1/2 cup
Yogurt 1/4 cup
Sweet date and tamarind chutney 2 tablespoons
Green chutney 1/2 tablespoon
Roasted cumin powder 1/4 teaspoon
Chaat masala 1/4 teaspoon
Red chilli powder 1/4 teaspoon
Papdis,crushed a few

Method

Boil potatoes. Peel and grate. Put them in a bowl, add salt and mix. In another bowl, take boiled urad dal. Add coriander leaves, green chillies, black salt, asafoetida, ginger, half teaspoon chaat masala, half teaspoon red chilli powder and mix well.
Knead the grated potatoes. Apply oil in hand. Take a portion of mashed potatoes, make a dent in the center and put the dal stuffing. Cover and shape into a tikki. These tikkis should be thick and round.
Heat oil on a tawa, place the tikkis on it and shallow fry. When one side is golden, turn over and fry till the other side is also golden.
To serve, take a tikki on a plate. Open it in the center and put matara on it. Put some yogurt, sweet date and tamarind chutney, green chutney.
Sprinkle cumin powder, black salt, remaining chaat masala powder, remaining red chilli powder.
Crush a few papdis and top up the chaat with it.
Serve immediately.