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Made these today and they went down a storm. My kids loved them, even the one who doesn’t like potatoes!!!! Thank you Lindsay.
Ian
What in the world? How in the world? Where in the world?
North India, to be exact. I don’t know much about it, but I think I like it. And if this Aloo Tikka (mashed potato cakes with herbs and spices) is served as street food as it’s rumored, then North India seems like the next best stop for me on our summer travels.
New Itinerary:
- Chicago.
- Indianapolis.
North India.- India Palace.
It looks like the suburban Indian restaurant will have to suffice. Might as well throw in an extra order of naan while we’re at it.
These cute little (or large) nuggets of fried goodness are bursting with flavor. Ginger, cilantro, garam masala and cumin give a spicy punch to the potato and pea “dough”. And while they took a little bit of prep time (peeling, boiling, and mashing the potatoes) the taste was well worth the effort.
Although I’d still prefer to buy them on the streets of India.
I adapted this recipe from one that I found on a great blog, My Saffron Kitchen. As I was “adapting”, I thought to myself: who are you to be making adjustments to an Indian recipe?
Annnd I never really came up with a good answer to that. So enjoy my Minnesotan twist on this Indian Street Food!
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Indian Street Food: Aloo Tikki
- Total Time: 40 minutes
- Yield: 4 1x
Description
Aloo Tikki – an Indian street food made with fried potatoes, peas, and onions that can be easily made at home. Soooo delicious!
Ingredients
- 3 large potatoes, peeled, boiled and mashed
- 3/4 cup frozen peas (uncooked)
- 1/2 large onion, chopped
- 1 jalapeno pepper, minced
- 1 tsp. chili powder
- 2 tsp. garam masala
- 1 tsp. cumin powder
- 1 tbs. grated ginger
- 1 handful fresh parsley or cilantro leaves, chopped
- 2 tbs. bread crumbs (I used panko)
- 4 tbs. flour
Instructions
- Once the potatoes have been boiled and mashed, add in all the other ingredients.
- Form into patties (you should be able to get 8 large patties or 10 smaller ones).
- Heat a little oil over medium-high heat and fry a few minutes on each side until golden brown. Drain and cool on paper towels.
- Serve with any kind of sauce you like (I served it with a cottage/ricotta cheese mixture, but I imagine this would be delicious with some kind of chutney)!
- Prep Time: 25 mins
- Cook Time: 15 mins
- Category: Dinner
- Cuisine: Indian
Keywords: aloo tikki, indian street food, indian aloo tikki
If you ever go to India, maybe you could ship some Aloo Tikki back to Minnesota? Help a girl out.
These were good. grabbed a bit of oil, made them a bit flat. needed salt
I have only recently been brave enough to TRY Indian food. AMAZING!!! This recipe is the first one for cooking Indian and it turned out REALLY well! Thank you for sharing it!
Looks delicious! Will make this recipe
These look so great. I think Tikki and Gol Gappa is a thing in India and when I visited there. In every market, I saw one “tikka or Gol Gappa Wala”. Gol Gappa (also known as Pani puri) was a Popular bite-size chaat consisting of a hollow, crispy-fried puffed ball filled with potato, chickpeas, onions, spices, and flavored water, usually tamarind or mint, and popped into one’s mouth whole.
This was tasty. I added salt. It would be nice if the recipe said to mix your spices first and then pour over mashed potatoes. It would reduce the amount of turning when ensuring that the spices spread nicely. Otherwise, great – Thank you!
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Really awesome recipe
I have made it with a twist
I stuffed some vegetables blended with pizza seasonig in it.
You were my inspiration for this experiment and my kids loved it.
https://www.omgfeeds.com/pizza-patties-stuffed-pizza-filling-aloo-tikki/
Wow!! Aloo Tikki’s are one of my favourite snacks whenever I visit north-India.
Hi we recently found these at our local I Dian restaurant. They however served them in a dish surrounded in a yogurt sauce. It seemed to have a bit of a sweet bbq taste but was delish. Any idea where to find the yogurt accompaniment? It wasn’t anything like raiita. Thank you very much for posting this recipe we really enjoyed these.
If we ignore the calories (295) aloo tikki is a most delicious Indian street food.
Made these today and they went down a storm. My kids loved them, even the one who doesn’t like potatoes!!!! Thank you Lindsay.
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What kind of potatoes did you use?
Very nice metod
Wooh! This is what we get in the north india, we call it bhajji! You can make something similar with onions too! 😀
Hi there…your aloo tikki looks super yummm. Being an Indian, living in north India I am a tikki regular and your recipe esp the jalapeno twist makes me want to try it. Do try aloo tikki with coriander chutney and yogurt…it’s another nice combination.
I’m Indian and I loooovve aloo tikkis! They’re delicious and are usually eaten with a chickpea curry, also called as aloo tikki chaat. Street food is the bomb here! I hope you get to visit India soon, it would definitely be a great culinary experience 🙂
You’re doing it right! Love the recipe and it is usually served with sweetened yogurt and tamarind chutney.
Thanks, Rashmeet! 🙂
j need to know more about other indan dishes
I’m from India..and yes this recipe is not even close to what it tastes..on the streets of India! However, if you ever go, don’t eat anything on street sides but enjoy just as much these and other street items, never even heard of here, at local diners!!
Thanks for posting this and reminding me of some I’ll probably never get again.
Can these be oven baked as well?
Hi Martha! We haven’t tried baking these so can’t say. The texture would definitely change and be not quite as crispy!
Just wondering if these can be baked in oven; I’m trying not to fry as much. Have you attempted baking them?
Thanks for sharing this recipe. I tried it with leftover mashed sweet potato, and oh my gosh! It was amazing. I will definitely be making this again. (If your readers want to try it with sweet potato, I recommend adding a little more flour and a generous pinch of salt.)
I served this with scrambled eggs and broccoli on the side, but the cold leftovers make an awesome snack (having one right now!). At the table we talked about serving them by themselves with a bunch of sauces – yogurt, chimichurri, chutney, salsa, whatever.
I’m new to your blog, but I love it! Keep up the great work.
Thanks, Sarah! 🙂
Surprised to have being directed for an Indian recipe… the tikkis look so good and recipe does look so do-able!