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!
Indian Culinary Center, NYC 