Simple, practical, and full of everyday flavour, Aloo Tikki Recipe | Multi Purpose Aloo Patties is a vegetarian indian street food snack made with potato / aloo, chilli, and ginger garlic paste. The recipe lays out the ingredients and each cooking step clearly, so you can adjust seasoning, texture, and serving size for your own kitchen.
Recipe Snapshot
- Prep time: 5 minutes
- Cook time: 20 minutes
- Total time: Not specified
- Yield: 4 tikki
- Category: Snack
- Cuisine: indian street food
Ingredients
- 3 potato / aloo (boiled & grated)
- 1 chilli (finely chopped)
- 1 tsp ginger garlic paste
- ¼ tsp turmeric
- ½ tsp kashmiri red chilli powder
- ½ tsp cumin powder / jeera powder
- ½ tsp aamchur / dry mango powder
- ½ tsp chaat masala
- ½ tsp salt
- 2 tbsp mint / pudina (chopped)
- 2 tbsp coriander (chopped)
- 2 tbsp corn flour
- oil (for frying)
Method
- firstly, in a large mixing bowl take 3 boiled and grated potato. make sure to pressure cook potatoes for 4-5 whistles and drain off the water as soon as pressure releases.
- add 1 chilli, 1 tsp ginger garlic paste, ¼ tsp turmeric and ½ tsp chilli powder.
- also add ½ tsp cumin powder, ½ tsp aamchur, ½ tsp chaat masala and ½ tsp salt.
- further add 2 tbsp mint and 2 tbsp coriander.
- now add 2 tbsp cornflour and mix well alternatively use poha powder or rice flour as it helps to absorb moisture.
- mix well forming a soft dough.
- grease hand with oil and prepare ball-sized tikki.
- shallow fry in hot oil. you can alternatively roast or deep fry.
- roast on low flame until it turns golden brown.
- flip over and cook on both sides.
- finally, enjoy aloo tikki with green chutney, tamarind chutney or prepare aloo tikki chaat.
Kiyaan Singh’s Kitchen Note
Keep this recipe as a working base: cook once as written, then adjust spice, texture, and serving style for your own table.
