Stuffed Aloo Tikkis

Last week I was on sick leave and had to stay away from my work which at least keeps me busy. As usual while surfing through hundreds of channels I came across my favourite show “Khana Khazana” hosted by Chef Sanjeev Kapoor. It's one of the programs I have grown up watching. As a kid I always loved watching my grandma, aunties and Amma cook wide range of delicacy. And when I was away from home I substituted this with all cookery shows aired on Telly’s. What made me get hooked to these shows were the way they chop vegetables, throw them in a pan and toss them in air like some artists in circus. Even today I wish to cook like them at some time in future…. Hope… A big hope…

Stuffed Aloo Tikkis

Well… sorry friends… I got lost in memories… coming back to reality, here is the recipe for making Stuffed Aloo Tikki. As soon as I saw them I tied my apron and started making them for my hubby dear who pampered me throughout. Here I have made little variations to the one showed by the chef as I am very good at forgetting things especially ingredients. It did turn out to be big hit with my hubby. So roll up your sleeves and get ready for cooking very simple and colourful stuffed aloo tikkis.

Stuffed Aloo Tikkis

Ingredients:
3 medium Potatoes, boiled and mashed
1 tsp Jeera/Cumin Seeds
2 tbsp Channa Dal, roasted and powdered
½ inch Ginger, finely chopped
½ tsp Garlic Paste
1 medium Onion, chopped finely
1 tsp Garam Masala
1 tbsp Oil
Salt to taste

For Stuffing:
½ cup Green Peas, cooked and mashed
¼ tsp Hing/Asafoetida
1 tsp Amchur/Dry Mango Powder
2-3 Green Chillies
1 tbsp Oil
Salt to taste

Method:
Take oil in a pan and all cumin seeds.
Add finely chopped ginger, onion and garlic paste. Sauté them for 2 minutes.
To this add powdered channa powder and mix well.
Now add mashed potatoes, garam masala and salt to taste.
Mix all the ingredients and let them cool.
Now for stuffing, take little oil in a pan and add hing.
To this add mashed green peas and sauté them till they lose all moisture and becomes dry.
Add amchur powder, green chillies, chopped coriander leaves and salt.
Mix them well and keep it aside to cool.
Take potato mixture and make poori size balls.
Press them a little and make small hole in the center.
Now take a spoonful of green peas mix and stuff them in a center.
Make balls and flatten them using little pressure.
Shallow/deep fry till they turn golden brown.
Serve hot with chutneys or tomato sauce.

Variations:
Add bread crumbs instead of channa powder.

Stuffed Aloo Tikkis ready to be frozen

Tip:
I usually prepare tikkis in bulk quantity. The main reason being I freeze them in freezer and use as and when required. It makes my life much simpler when we have unexpected guests knocking our door. So all you have to do is just take them out from freezer and shallow/deep fry them and serve. So along with home made frozen Paratas and French fries, my freezer also contains loads of tikkis and cutlets.

Stuffed Aloo Tikkis