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.
Naps make me hungry. The reason why I don't like napping in the afternoon is precisely that. And the fact that I take much longer to sleep off in the night and wake up cranky the next day morning. So not worth it.
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 teaspoon jeera / cumin
- 2 green chillies chopped
- 1 generous pinch asafoetida / hing / perungayam
- ½ teaspoon red chilli powder
- 1 to 2 tablespoon 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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Jyothi
It's really very yummy .I am added onion also.....it's very tasty and preparation also too fast..... thank u soo much....
Riya Aseed
That was awesome with the ketchup. Made something for the first time and im happy that everybody liked it 🙂
Thank you so much 🙂
Priyanka Upadhyaya
I am going to try this recipe first thing tomorrow...Sounds really yummy..May be will add some grated cheddar cheese..What do you think??
vinakshi pandita
Loved all of your quickssnack recipes...will try all of them one by one...
nags
thank you vinakshi
Yamini Suvarna
Just tried the shortcut aloo tikkis with minor modifications. They were yummy and so wanted to thank you for the recipe. My modifications included adding one grated onion, some chat masala and replacing besan with amaranth. Will definitely try your other recipes as well. A million thanks and God Bless!
Malapadi
Thanks for the recipe .. it helped me serve my kid who was bored with usual snacks..
I tried this with a variation of including grated beetroot along with the potato.. it came out real well. Added it chat masala too for the flavor.
nags
great additions from your end! thank you for the note 🙂
Pallavi
Loved your recipe
Neha
Keep the yummy work onn!
nags
thanks neha!
Neha
Loved it....i did it in just 2 mins...and dey wer exzatly the same as in the picture..and was tasting awesome! Thank you!....
nags
thanks neha!
Betty
U can add chopped onions and chopped tomatoes..and some bread crumps....it would taste even better