Aloo Tikki is a quick and easy snack recipe using potatoes. Potato Patties or Aloo Tikkis made with grated potatoes and some mild Indian spices to kick-start a great evening after a nap. Well that’s what we did anyway. While potato bajji or onion bajji are TH’s favourite, I prefer these simple aloo tikkis to more popular Indian snacks with potatoes, even aloo bonda.
Anyway, on this particular Saturday, the heat was unbearable and TH and I had exhausted the movie CDs we borrowed. With no inclination to go out whatsoever, we decided to nap, something we hardly ever do. I woke up 2 hours later feeling oh-my-god-I-am-hungry and of course, there were no snacks at home that I could immediately bite into.
Without thinking much, I grabbed 2 potatoes, grated them, threw in whatever I fancied which I hoped would balance the taste, and shallow fried into patties. The measurements are all eye-balled so adjust and add according to your taste.
They were good. Sinfully good.
Quick Potato Patties Recipe (Shortcut Aloo Tikkis)
Ingredients
- 2 medium potatoes grated (about 3 cups)
- A bunch of fresh coriander leaves chopped
- 1 tsp jeera / cumin
- 2 green chillies chopped
- 1 generous pinch asafoetida / hing / perungayam
- 1/2 tsp red chilli powder
- 1 to 2 tbsp besan / bengal gram powder / kadalai maavu
- Salt to taste
- Oil for shallow frying
Instructions
- Grate the potatoes and squeeze out excess moisture
- Place in a bowl and add the other ingredients in except oil
- Mix welll
- Shape into flat patty shapes on the palm of your hand
- Shallow fry in a wide pan until golden brown on both sides.
- Serve the tikkis hot with ketchup.
Variations
– If you have more time in hand, then add chopped onions and some minced ginger. I haven’t tried that but something tells me that would taste even better.
– If you try this recipe with any differences or variations, please do come back and leave your version in the comment section. Would appreciate that.
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So glad you liked the quick aloo tikkis!
I tried this recipe yesterday… Came out real well. Reminiscent of 'Indianised' American hash browns. A keeper for sure. Thanks for sharing…
This is more like the Hash Brown Potatoes sans the masala…. certainly a super idea to spice it up and give it the indian punch ..Love it Nags!
Thank you Helen!
I love aloo tikkis and these look GOOD!
Yes, absolutely Divya 🙂 Awesome ideas!
Zatpat nasta..! Awesome idea.
Nags, I can't see your latest posts/updates (since last 2 posts)in my Google Reader. Don't know y? Any suggestion? I don't want to miss your post anyway. 🙂
Hey, this is similar to Swiss rosti..ofcourse Indianized version.. I loved the pics
O my it looks soooooo wonderful dear…. making me drool… looks so tempting… nice and easy recipe.
hey, that's a great tip anon. i am so glad not all anon comments are mean 🙂 will try it ur way next time, for sure!