Stuffed Aloo Tikki / Potato Cutlets

Aloo Tikki / Potato Cutlets are a very famous Indian snack, which is mostly served with chole or by making chaat with some chutneys on top of it.I made this for a party at home and served them with a store bought sauce and it was a big hit.I made the outer covering with mashed potatoes and cornflour mixture and the stuffed the tikkis with the stuffing made from green peas, paneer and some Indian spices 

Ingredients

• 3 Boiled Potatoes (medium sized)

• 2-1/2 Tbsp Cornflour

• 1 Tsp Oil 

• 1 Tsp Cumin Seeds 

• 1 Cup Green Peas (boiled and crushed)

• 1/2 Cup Paneer

• 1-2 Green Chilies 

• 1-1/2 Inch Ginger (finely chopped)

• 1 Tsp Garam Masala 

• 1 Tsp Chaat Masala 

• 1 Tsp Coriander Powder

• Salt to taste 

• Oil for frying 

Method 

• Mash/grate the potatoes in a bowl, add cornflour, salt and mix well . Keep it aside

• Heat oil in a pan, add cumin seeds. Let them splutter, then add green peas , finely chopped ginger and green chilies and saute for a minute

• Now, add coriander powder, garam masala, chaat masala, paneer, salt to taste and mix everything well so that the peas and paneer gets well coated with all the spices. Let it cool for about 2 minutes and your stuffing is ready

• Apply some oil to your hands and make small balls out of the potato mixture and flatten them on your palm

• Take small portion of the stuffing and place it in the center on the flattened potato mixture

• Cover it from all the sides, gently roll it between your palm and flatten them 

• Tikkis are ready to be fried 

• Heat oil on a nonstick pan and place the tikkis onto it. Shallow fry till golden brown on both the sides 

• Serve them hot with mint-coriander, tamarind chutney or simply with any store bought sauce just like the way I did ;)