Indian Street Food – Aloo Tikki Recipe

Indian Street Food – Aloo Tikki Recipe
Aloo Tikka is a popular Indian street food served with various chutney’s and a cup of Masala Chai.

Aloo Tikki Chaat is one of my favourite ways of enjoying Aloo Tikka.

Here’s how to make this delicious appetiser step by step.

ALOO TIKKA RECIPE

You just cannot believe, something simple like Indian Potato cakes can be so delicious. Serve Alu tikki over tea time or even slide them inside the burger buns along with airfryer onion rings.

There are many ways to cook this easy Indian snacks recipe. You can Bake, Grill , Pan Fry, Shallow Fry, Deep Fry or even Air fry it!

This recipe post is among my first recipes written in Sept 2009. Updated 27th Nov 2018.

What is Aloo Tikki?

Aloo Tikki or Aloo Tikka  {humble Indian Potato Patties } is made with mashed potatoes, herbs and simple spices.

But it is totally up to you, to weave in more ingredients in this easy Alu Tikki recipe like green peas, mixed vegetables or even stuff the potato cakes.

Potato Patties have a crispy layer on the outside and soft texture on the inside. This Aloo Tikki Recipe is served as Street Food in the North of India!

These crispy potato patties are great for Chaat too . { Indian Street Food }.

How to make Aloo Tikki Recipe?

Indian Aloo Tikka – To the Mashed Potato Patties, add simple Indian spices like cumin powder, red chilli powder, coriander leaves, green chilli, salt and some cornflour. You can also use rice flour instead of corn flour. Make small Patties and pan fry it.

If you like you can also add a sprinkle of Instant Garam Masala to the patties.

If you are fasting during festival days,

use Buckwheat flour or Arrowroot flour instead of cornflour / rice flour

use Rock Salt instead of regular salt

Did I tell you, I have got one other recipe for Aloo Tikki on my blog where I have used bread as the binding agent.

How to serve this Spiced Indian Tikki ?

Aloo Tikki is also referred as Aloo Tikka, Aloo Patties, Alu Pattice, Aloo Pattices, spicy Indian potato cakes, potato cutlet and Indian potato patties

As I have mentioned before, this easy Aloo Tikki Recipe is quite versatile. It can be savoured in so many ways, the options are actually endless.

Tikki can be served on its own with a sprinkle of chaat masala, and chutneys.

One other way some people enjoy, is serving these potato cakes with Chole { Spicy Chickpeas Curry} and onions salad. Trust me, its just too good. I have en joyed this version from the street vendors in Delhi.

Serve Aloo Tikki Ragda { dried white peas }, chutneys and the dish is called Ragda Patties. This Indian street food is one of my favourite most.

The other way I enjoy my Tikki’s are in a streetfood dish called Dahi Aloo Tikki Chaat or Aloo Tikki Chole Chaat. To make this Tikki Chaat Recipe, stir the dahi or hung curd with spice powders.

HOW TO MAKE CRISPY ALOO TIKKI WITH STEP BY STEP PHOTOS

1. Boil the Potatoes in a pressure cooker / instant pot and peel the skin. You can also boil the potatoes on a stove top by boiling in enough water.

2. Mash the potatoes well with a potato masher.

3. Add Chilli Powder, Cumin Powder, Salt, chopped coriander leaves.

4. Add Cornflour to the potato mash.

5. Mix the ingredients well and bring them together like a dough.

6. Spread some oil between your palm. Pinch a portion of the potato mixture and begin rolling a ball.

7. With a gentle press, shape the potato balls into a patties.

8.  Repeat the process for the rest of the potato patties.

HOW TO PAN FRY ALOO TIKKI?

9.  Heat 2 Tbsp of Oil in a pan. Once the pan is hot, slide the potato cakes and fry them until they turn golden brown on one side.

10.  Flip the patties and fry for another 3-4 minutes until the tikki turns golden brown. Drain them to a kitchen tissue.

**Edges will not be golden brown as we are not deep frying it.

HOW TO GRILL ALOO TIKKI?

11. Brush the pan and the potato patties with oil

12. Grill them for 10 minutes in total, flipping once.

CAN I MAKE THEM IN THE AIR FRYER?

Spray Cooking oil on the Potato Cakes. Place them in the air fryer basket and fry for 15 – 20 minutes at 200C, shaking the basket in between.

HOW TO DEEP FRY POTATO CAKES?

For Frying the tikki, heat oil in a deep pan and slide them in the hot oil.

Fry for a couple of minutes until golden brown. Drain on a kitchen towel and serve hot.

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