Thread: Chaat - Tikki Ki Chaat - Ragda Pattice

Chaat - Tikki Ki Chaat - Ragda Pattice

This has to be the most popular North-Indian snack! Vendors literally crowd the streets selling all kinds of delicious variations of chaat in this part of the country. Chaat parties are also popular and a great alternative to a sit-down dinner. Tikki Ki Chaat is another North Indian name for this dish. In western India, the same dish is called Ragda Pattice.

Ingredients:

* 6 large potatoes boiled, peeled and mashed
* 1 tsp red chilli powder
* 1 tsp coriander powder
* 1 tsp cumin powder
* 1 tsp raw mango powder
* 1/2 cup finely chopped coriander
* 2 onions finely chopped
* Salt to taste
* 1 can of chickpeas roughly mashed
* 6 cloves
* 3 pods cardamom
* 8 peppercorns
* 1 cup tamarind chutney
* 1 cup mint-coriander chutney
* Coriander chopped fine to garnish
* Chaat masala to garnish
* Vegetable/canola/sunflower cooking oil to shallow fry

Preparation:

* Mix the mashed potatoes, red chilly, coriander, cumin and raw mango powders, chopped coriander, 1 chopped onion and salt to taste. Make into a smooth paste. Form into equal-sized patties.
* Heat oil on a griddle and shallow fry these patties till crisp and golden. Drain on paper towels.
* Boil the roughly mashed chickpeas with the cloves, cardamom and peppercorns and salt to taste. Once done, remove the whole spices and discard.
* To serve the chaat, put 2 hot patties in a plate and spoon some chickpea mixture over them. Add both chutneys to taste. Sprinkle chopped onion and corainder to garnish. Sprinkle chaat masala over the whole dish.
* A tasty variation to this recipe: add some yogurt (whisk to make smooth) over the chickpea mix and then add the remaining ingredients.