Rajma Tikki Chat

RAJMA TIKKI CHAT

Ingredients:

For the Tikki or Cutlet:

Rajma (Kidney Beans):1 Cup

Potatoes: 2 (Boiled ,peeled and mashed)

Poppy seeds: 2 tbsp ( Dry roast them for 2 minutes & Keep aside)

Green Cardamons:2 nos

Black Cardamons:1 nos

Ginger-Garlic: Green chilies paste:1/2 tsp

Clove: 2 nos

Cumin seeds:1/2 tsp

Spinach Paste: 1 tbsp (blanched & grind into a blender)

Green Peas Paste: 1 tbsp (boiled and mashed)

Onion: 1 (small. finely chopped)

Sooji:1-2 tbsp

For assembling the Chat

Curd: 1 cup

Sugar: 1 tbsp

Onion: 1 (finely chopped)

Sweet Tamarind Chutney: 3-4 tbsp

Green Chutney: 4 tbsp

Method to Prepare Tikki

• Wash & soak Rajma in sufficient amount of water for 5-6 hours or overnight.

• Pressure cook Rajma in same water with salt for 20-25 minutes. Strain the Rajam from water . Keep the Rajma aside & allow it to cool down completely.

• Mash the Rajma well so that no lumps are there. Now add boiled & Mashed potatoes mixture in the Rajma and mix well.
 

• Dry roast all the spices and once they are cool down grind them along with Poppy seeds into a fine Powder.

• Add ginger garlic paste, spinach paste,green peas paste and the dry powder mixture in the Rajma and potatoes mixture and mix them well.

• Heat oil in a pan,add finely chopped onions & saute the onion in a medium flame till them turn translucent.

• Now add Rajma and Potatoes mixture and salt  & cook on a medium flame for about 4-5 minutes while stirring continuously.

• Allow the mixture to get completely cool.

• Add Sooji to the mixture and divide the Dough into equal Portion.

Note: You can also add cornstarch or Bread Crumbs instead of Sooji. I was not having either of them so I added Sooji to the mixture.

• Flatten the each ball from top and keep them aside.

• Heat a griddle or Tava & fry all these tikkis til they attain golden brown color. Take all the tikkis out in a plate and flatten them & shallow fry them again onto a Tava or Griddle to give Tikkis a crisp crust.

• Your kabab or tkkis is ready. You can serve yours tikkis as a kabab after this Step,

Method for Assembling Chat:

• Mix sugar in a curd and beat the curd till sugar fully dissolves.

• Arrange the tikkis onto a plate .

• Pour green & sweet chutney on the top of the Tikkis.

• Add finely chopped onions over it

• Add Curd on the top of the tikkis at last.

• Serve hot.