Ragda Pattice (Mumbai Roadside) Recipe (Street Food)

Ingredients

• 3/4 cup safed vatana (dried white peas)
• 1 tbsp oil
• 1/4 cup finely chopped onion
• 1/2 tsp mustard seeds (rai / sarson)
• salt (namak) to taste
• 1/4 tsp haldi powder (turmeric powder)
• 2 tbsp coriander-cumin seeds (dhania-jeera) powder
• 2 tsp red chilli powder
• 2 tbsp finely chopped coriander (dhania)
• 2 cups boiled, peeled and boiled and mashed potatoes
• salt (namak) to taste
• 2 tsp ginger-green chilli paste
• 1 tbsp cornflour
• 3 1/2 tsp oil for greasing and cooking
• 4 tbsp finely chopped onion
• 4 tbsp crushed papdi
• 8 tbsp sev
• 1 tsp red chilli powder
• 8 tbsp finely chopped coriander (dhania)

Steps

1. Soak the safed vatana overnight or for atleast 6 to 8 hours.
2. Drain the safed vatana and add 2 cups of water and pressure cook for 6 whistles.
3. Allow the steam to escape before opening the lid.
4. Heat the oil in a kadhai, add the onions and sauté on a medium flame for 1 minute and add the mustard seeds.
5. When the seeds crackle, add the cooked safed vatana and sauté on a medium for 1 minute.
6. Add the salt, turmeric powder, coriander-cumin seeds powder and chilli powder, mix well and cook on a medium flame for 2 to 3 minutes, while stirring continuously using the back of your spoon.
7. Add 2 tbsp of water and coriander, mix well and cook on a medium flame for 1 to 2 minutes, while stirring occasionally and keep aside.
8. Combine the potatoes, salt, ginger-green chilli paste and cornflour in a bowl and mix well.
9. Divide the mixture into 8 equal portions and shape each portion into a flat round.
10. Make a depression in one round, place 1 tsp hari of chutney in the depression and again shape it into a round, thick pattice.
11. Repeat steps 2 and 3 to make 7 more pattice.
12. Heat and grease a non-stick tava (griddle) with ½ tsp of oil and cook all the pattice using a little oil till they turn golden brown in colour on both the sides. Keep aside.
13. Place 2 prepared pattice on a serving plate and pour ¼th of the prepared ragda over it.
14. Pour 1 tbsp meethi chutney, 1 tsp geeli lehsun ki chutney and 2 tsp hari chutney over it.
15. Sprinkle 1 tbsp onions, 1 tbsp papadi, 2 tbsp sev, ¼ tsp chilli powder and 2 tbsp coriander over it
16. Serve immediately.