When we stayed in US, we missed street food very much. Being new in cooking, I was always stepping back to cook street food, I mean normal cooking itself is a big task how can I think of chat items... But once we both tried our hands on making chat at home. And it was awesome. Did not follow any recipe simply trial n error, check it out.
Ingredients: Sufficient for three
people
people
For Tikki/Pancake
1 Cup moong
dal/ yellow lentil dal
dal/ yellow lentil dal
1 Medium
sized onion finely chopped
sized onion finely chopped
1 Tsp
ginger paste
ginger paste
2-3 Green
chilies chopped finely
chilies chopped finely
1 Medium
sized tomato cut into small cubes, seeds should be removed
sized tomato cut into small cubes, seeds should be removed
2 Tblsp
green coriander leaves chopped finely
green coriander leaves chopped finely
A pinch of
asafoetida
asafoetida
2-3 Slices
of wheat/white bread
of wheat/white bread
Salt as per
taste
taste
Chat masala
as per taste
as per taste
For Chole
1 Cup drygreen peas
¼ Tsp
baking soda
baking soda
2 Big
tomato chopped finely
tomato chopped finely
1 Tsp
ginger-garlic paste
ginger-garlic paste
1 teaspoon chole
masala
masala
¼ Tsp
garam masala
garam masala
1 teaspoon cumin
seeds
seeds
½ teaspoon red
chili powder
chili powder
½ Tsp
turmeric powder
turmeric powder
Salt as per
taste
taste
2-3 Tblsp
green coriander leaves finely chopped
green coriander leaves finely chopped
Method: Wash and soak the lentil for half and hour.
Pressure cook it until one whistle comes. Moong dal does not take much time to
cook, so one whistle is sufficient. Keep this aside for sometime. Now heat oil
in a pan and add asafoetida and chopped onion. Just cook for 2 min and pour
this in a mixing bowl. Now add ginger paste, green chilies, chopped tomatos,
chopped coriander, chat masala, salt and bread slices after crushing them. Mix
this well so that chat masala and salt become even. To this add boiled lentil
and mix well. Make small small tikkis with this mixture and roast on the hot
griddle until both the sides are brown.
Pressure cook it until one whistle comes. Moong dal does not take much time to
cook, so one whistle is sufficient. Keep this aside for sometime. Now heat oil
in a pan and add asafoetida and chopped onion. Just cook for 2 min and pour
this in a mixing bowl. Now add ginger paste, green chilies, chopped tomatos,
chopped coriander, chat masala, salt and bread slices after crushing them. Mix
this well so that chat masala and salt become even. To this add boiled lentil
and mix well. Make small small tikkis with this mixture and roast on the hot
griddle until both the sides are brown.
Soak dry
green peas for 6-8 hours. Pressure cook this with addition of baking soda and 1
tsp salt. Pressure cook this untill 5-6 whistle comes. Now heat oil in a pan
and add cumin seeds & onion. Cook this untill onion becomes golden in
color. To this add ginger-garlic paste and chopped tomatos. Cook them untill
tomatos starts leaving oil in the corner of the pan. After this add turmeric
powder, red chili powder, chole masala and garam masala. Garnish this with
chopped coriander leaves and now chole curry is ready to serve :).
green peas for 6-8 hours. Pressure cook this with addition of baking soda and 1
tsp salt. Pressure cook this untill 5-6 whistle comes. Now heat oil in a pan
and add cumin seeds & onion. Cook this untill onion becomes golden in
color. To this add ginger-garlic paste and chopped tomatos. Cook them untill
tomatos starts leaving oil in the corner of the pan. After this add turmeric
powder, red chili powder, chole masala and garam masala. Garnish this with
chopped coriander leaves and now chole curry is ready to serve :).
Serve this
with tikkis and have it together.... yuuuuuuuuuuummmy :).
with tikkis and have it together.... yuuuuuuuuuuummmy :).
Neeraj Kumar
Looks so delicious that I would like to eat it straightaway.
Mayuri Patel
Its difficult for me too to get authentic Indian Street food here in Mombasa. As a result we have to make it at home. Your chole tikki looks so delicious. I've never tried making tikki with moong dal.
Lathiya
Me too miss chaats from India..this looks tempting..definitely will try
Swati Saxena
Bhawana, Fabulous recipe, so healthy, filled with protein and so delicious too. I feel like having this tikki Choley , right now. And I agree that in US we miss street food so much, but because of that, we learn to cook ourselves.
Jayashree
I had made these tikkis, they come out well. Good to serve with chole as topping.
Jagruti
This is a perfect meal for me as I always look out for a protein-packed meal. Such a healthy and tasty dishes.