Thursday 22 July 2021

Ragda Patties

Ragda Patties is a very popular street food from the state of Maharashtra,

The dried white peas are soaked overnight and cooked with a blissful combination of spices and served with the potato cutlets together with curd and tamarind chutney.

Great combination of taste and health in one plate!



Procedure:

Preparing the Aloo Tikki:
Ingredients:

3 Potatoes - boiled
half tsp Amchur powder
half tsp Cumin powder
half tsp chili powder
1 tablespoon Corn flour
Salt
Oil

Procedure:
1. Mash the boiled potatoes and keep it aside.
2. Take a mixing bowl, and add the mashed potatoes, salt, Amchur Powder, Cumin powder and Chili powder and mix well. Adjust the salt as per your taste.
3. Next add the corn flour and mix well. 
4. Prepare small round balls and pat it to form a cutlet.
5. Take a pan and drizzle some oil and place the cutlets on the tawa. Drizzle some oil from top.
6. Let the tikki cook on a low flame for around 5 mins.
7. Turn it to the other side and cook again for another 5 minutes.
8. Aloo Tikki is ready



Preparing the Ragda:
Ingredients:
Dried white peas - 2 cups
half tsp chili powder
Tamarind
Jaggery
Cumin seeds
Hing
Salt
Oil

Procedure:
1. Soak the dried white peas overnight.
2. Next day, Boil them with little water, a pinch of turmeric and hing and salt.
3. Once its cooled, mash s few white peas with spoon and keep it on a low flame.
4. Add some salt, jaggery, and tamarind and give it a nice stir.
5. In the meantime,, we prepare the tadka. Take a tadka pan, add oil. Next add cumin seeds.
6. Once they splutter, add hing and chili powder. and put off the gas
7. Pour this hot tadka over the boiling white peas
8. Ragda is ready.

Preparing the Tamarind Chutney:
Check the below link for Tamarind chutney preparation
Tamarind Chutney

Preparing the Ragda Pattiies:

Ingredients:

Aloo Tikki
Ragda
Tamarind Chutney
Chili powder
Cumin powder
Curd
Finely chopped Onion
Chopped coriander leaves 

Procedure:
1. Take a plate and place two Aloo Tikkis.
2. Next pour the Ragda on the tikki such that it is completely dipped onto it.
3. Next put 1 tablespoon curd (Optional) and sprinkle a pinch of Chili powder and Cumin powder
4. Next sprinkle 1 teaspoon Tamarind Chutney
5. Finally add the chopped onions and garnish with chopped coriander leaves.Since I did not have this, I skipped it.
6. Sprinkle lime juice

The delicious tempting Ragda Pattiies is ready to serve.