Aloo tikki chole, Chole tikki recipe | Aloo tikki chaat (2024)

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 choleis 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 cholechaat is irresistable. It is full of flavours sweet, tangy, hot and spicy. In Uttar Pradesh, India there are many kinds ofchaats sold on roadside stalls. In pic below you can view how these chaatare preparedin street stalls and sold.

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The most famous chaatsare papri chaat , aloo chaat, samosa chaat, chana chaat , aloo tikki chaat and of coursealoo chole tikkichaat.Sometimes these aloo tikki chole are stuffed with peas and lentils. It varies region wise but aloo tikki are alwaysserved 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 yourpersonal choice.I can not deny that using more oil and ghee makes food tasty but lot offat 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 amclosing my chatterbox andlet’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 – ¼teaspoon
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 tillonion 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 powderandcoriander 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 into5 equal portions and make patty out of it.

Nowcoat 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 getbrown 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 someyogurt. Pour the green chutneyor sweet tamarind chutney. If you don’t have chutney ready tomato ketchup will also work.Sprinkle choppedmint leavesand lastly garnish with sev. Serve aloo tikki chole immediately.

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