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POTATO TIKKIS (CROQUETTES) AND BATATA VADA (POTATO SLIDERS)

Who doesn’t love potatoes?

If that’s you, I’m sorry – then I feel I don’t trust you 🙂

Potatoes are cheap and versatile – take on the flavor of just about anything.

Potato tikkis are a common snack in India and if you put them between a bun with some chutney, then you have an amazing slider.

6 idaho potatoes, peeled and boiled

1 cup frozen peas

1 Tbs. coriander powder

1 tsp. cumin powder

1 tsp. salt

4 tbs. chopped cilantro

2 green chilies chopped (optional)

2 tbs. oil

For the sliders – you can find pav buns in Indian stores or just use a small roll, even mini pitas

I will share the chutney recipe in the next post.

Mash the boiled potatoes and add the salt, coriander, cumin, cilantro and chilies.

Mash the peas with a fork.

Now take about a golf ball size of the potato mixture and form it into a flattish disk.  Make an indentation with your thumb and put in a scant tsp. of the peas.  Close the potatoes around the peas and you have a tikki.

Do this for all the potatoes.

Heat a non stick skillet with the oil and place the tikkis.

Cook on each side for about 5 minutes – all the ingredients are cooked – so you are basically heating the potatoes through.

Serve hot with cilantro chutney.

Enjoy.

Until I eat again!