Aloo tikki or potato patties is a fabulous snack.One of the easiest and yummiest of Indian street food recipes. While the potato cakes or croquettes of the west use egg wash or egg whites. Indian version has bread crumbs or corn flour in it for crisp texture. You can also make a gluten-free aloo tikki chaat at home by using quinoa instead of bread crumbs. Read on for the recipe with a variation to make air fryer potato patties.
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- Benefits of potato
- Equipment
- Ingredients
- Why does my aloo tikki breaks while frying ?
- Instructions: aloo tikki recipe (tradtional shallow fry)
- How to cook aloo tikki in air fryer ?
- Instructions to make air fryer aloo tikki
- Aloo tikki recipe
- Storage
- Looking for more tikki recipes?
- Versatile potato recipes
Benefits of potato
Potatoes are very good for health unlike the the common notion that they make you fat. If you cook them with low oil,they are actually very good for health.
- Potatoes are an excellent source of Vitamin C,potassium, B-complex.
- They contain anti-oxidants and are naturally gluten-free.
- Potatoes prevent bone health and helps maintain blood pressure.
- Potatoes also contain folate and also helps prevent cancer.
Equipment
- cast iron pan
- or air fryer for low oil version
- potato masher
- food processor (optional)
Ingredients
- Large potatoes boiled and peeled
- Sweet potato boiled
- Mint leaves chopped
- Bread crumbs or 1 slice of bread for non vrat recipe/non-gluten free recipe
- or Buckwheat flour for vrat/gluten-free recip
- Dried mango powder amchur
- Green chillies finely chopped
- Ginger finely chopped
- Salt as per taste
- Ghee/Oil
Why does my aloo tikki breaks while frying ?
The reason that aloo tikki breaks or falls apart can be due to multiple reasons
1.The quality of potatoes - starchy potatoes are best for this recipe as they are low in water and high in starch
2. You need to rest the patties in the fridge or freezer so that they retain their shape while cooking
3.Do not add too much of bread to the recipe, else it will break too.
4.The potato mix should not be wet, for example, remove any excess water from the boiled potatoes.
Instructions: aloo tikki recipe (tradtional shallow fry)
1.Mix all dry ingredients.
2.Take a small amount of mix and shape them into round patties.Apply ghee/coconut oil on top of the patties .Keep into the refrigerator 3-4 hours.
3.Start cooking them in an iron pan with oil/ghee.
4. Cook on low flame, flip it slowly. Cook on both sides.
How to cook aloo tikki in air fryer ?
Recently the air fryer has been very populer with home cooks. I consider the air fryer as just as optimized mini oven on fan forced mode. It does not use any other special technique, just cooks with lot of hot air in a small oven and hence the better results.
To cook the aloo kotlet in air fryer ,freeze them in the freezer for few hours and transfer them to a pre heated air fryer and cook. These air fryer tikkis are very crispy and can be stored in the freezer for days and cooked whenever required. Refer below for steps.
Instructions to make air fryer aloo tikki
- Mash the potatoes in a bowl.Add buckwheat flour with ginger,chillies,salt and mint.
2. Take a small amount of mix and shape them into round patties. Apply ghee/coconut oil on top of the patties
3. Plate the patties/tikkis in a tray and place them into the freezer for 4-5 hours.
4. Place the frozen aloo tikki in air fryer basket. Cook at 200C for 18 minutes in total. Use oil spray in between and flip them over. Use the grill option for 3-4 minutes to get crispy aloo tikki.
Aloo tikki recipe
Equipment
- cast iron pan
- or air fryer for low oil version
- potato masher
- food processor (optional)
Ingredients
- 3-4 large potatoes boiled and peeled
- 1 sweet potato boiled
- ¼ cup mint leaves chopped
- ¼ cup bread crumbs or 1 slice of bread for non vrat recipe/non-gluten free recipe
- 2 tablespoon buckwheat flour for vrat/gluten-free recipe
- 1 tablespoon dried mango powder amchur
- 2 green chillies finely chopped
- 1 piece ginger finely chopped
- Salt as per taste
- 1 tablespoon ghee or coconut oil to coat the patties
- Oil/ghee for frying
Instructions
- Mash the potatoes ,sweet potato in a bowl.
- Add bread crumbs/buckwheat flour with ginger,chillies,salt and mint.
- Take a small amount of mix and shape them into round patties
- Apply ghee/coconut oil on top of the patties,
For cast iron (traditional frying method)
- Keep the aloo tikkis into the refrigerator 3-4 hours.
- Heat oil/ghee in a pan,start cooking the patties in a batch of 2-3 patties.
- Cook on low/medium flame until light brown on both sides.
For air fryer aloo tikki (low oil version)
- Plate the patties/tikkis in a tray and place them into the freezer for 4-5 hours
- Preheat the air fryer at 200C for 5 minutes
- Place the frozen patties into the air fryer,cook at 200C for 18 minutes in total,use oil spray in between and flip them over.
- use the grill option for 3-4 minutes to get golden brown and crispier aloo tikki
- Serve these delicous tikkis hot with mint chutney or sweet tamarind chutney
Notes
Nutrition
Storage
Store the cutlets in freezer until cooked.
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Looking for more tikki recipes?
- Buckwheat cutlet/kuttu ki tikki
- Raw banana cutlet
- Air-fried Beetroot cutlet
- chickpea tikki or aani/served with curry
Versatile potato recipes
You can make potato in many ways. Be it chips or soup.Curry or samosa. Be it the spicy aloo bonda or the mirchi bada. Potato makes everything special. Whether it is an appetizer or a main course, dessert or salad. Potato appeals in every way. It is also allowed during the fasting period during Navratri and Sawan. Make an easy curry if you like aloo baingan, aloo matar,aloo gobhi, dum aloo.Everything tastes delish!
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