Chola Tikki (Chickpeas Patties)
April 6th, 2008 filed under Appetizers, Chaat, Gluten Free
Chola Tikki (chickpeas patties) is a spicy and yummy snack. Tikki are also known as a chat. Just the smell of Tikki can make you hungry.
Makes 8 to 10.
Ingredients:
- 1 cup of boiled chickpeas (kable chana)
- 3 medium potatoes
- 1 tablespoon shredded ginger
- 1 tablespoon chopped cilantro (hara dhania)
- 2 chopped green chili seeded, adjust to taste
- 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon lemon juice
- Oil to shallow fry
For Garnish:
- 1/4 cup plain creamy yogurt
- 2 tablespoons hari chutney (cilantro chutney)
- 2 tablespoons tamarind chutney
Method:
- Boil potatoes until they are tender.
- Once cooked, drain the water and let the potatoes cool down. Note: Do not cool the potatoes under running water because the potatoes will absorb the extra water, making potatoes mushy.
- After potatoes are cool, peel the skin off and mash the potatoes.
- Drain the water out of the chickpeas and dry the chickpeas using paper towel making sure there is no access water in chickpeas.
- Mash the chickpeas coarsely.
- Mix all the ingredients together; adjust salt and pepper to your taste.
- With oiled hands, divide the mixture into 8 to 10 equal portions.
- Make them into the shape of patties keeping them about a half inch thick.
- Heat the oil in a flat bottom saucepan on medium high heat (oil should cover the surface of the pan generously). To check the oil, place a little piece of tikki in the oil, this should make the oil sizzle.
- Place the Tikkis in the pan and shallow fry the Tikkis on both sides until both sides are golden brown. If the Tikki is very dry use more oil as needed without making them too greasy.
- You may have to adjust the heat while cooking as needed.
Serving suggestions:
- Serve Tikki hot. Drizzle some yogurt, tamarind chutney and hari chutney over the Tikki, or use any combination you prefer. See the recipes for chutney on this site.
- Tikki can also be served with tomato ketchup.
Tips
- Substitute the boiled chickpeas with can chickpeas.
- Also if mixture is too moist Tikki will break.
- Tikki can be made before and refrigerated for two to three days. Before serving, heat the Tikki over the skiltet or in the oven at 350 degrees for about 15 minutes or until they are hot.
Baking in oven
Heat the oven to 350 degrees, brush oil generously on both sides of the Tikki and bake them on a greased cookie sheet. Let them bake for about 20 minutes then turn and cook for another 10 minutes until the Tikki are golden brown.
i made this dish but i dont know why when i put it in oil to be fried it spread in the oil at all and it was so soft that there were no more circle???
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Hi Manjula Aunty! Thank you so much for this recipe. I tried it yesterday, and it was great! My parents loved it! At first, they came out mushy because the potatoes were overboiled. But after my second try, it was perfect.
Thanks so much Aunty!
DEAR MANJULA JI:
NAMASTE. THIS IS A GREAT YUMMY RECIPE…I WILL DEFINTELY MAKE IT. THANKS
wow!!!! it came out very nice,,,, we all loved it Thanks a lot.
Hello Manjula aunty,
wow really nice recipes. I’m amazed. First time cooking actually made sense haha. Thank you soo much for sharing recipes. I do have one question though, I’m going on a diet for about 3 months–If you could give me some creative salad recipes that be great, so i could actually like to eat the salad daily. Thank you again for sharing those recipes. keep up the good work.
Hi Manjulaji,
I tried the tikkis and they became a little mushy.
The only liquid I added was bottled lemon juice.
Please let me know if I can add bread crumbs to it to make them retain their shape or if they will spoil the taste.
Thanks
Shivangi
Potato mixture was too soft, make sure potatoes are not over boiled and chola before adding with potato pat dry.
Thank you Manjula for this recipe. I plan to serve this over the holidays as an appetizer. I have just recently found your videos on youtube. I plan to join youtube so that I can learn how to cook your delicious vegetarian dishes. And I like the addition of ketchup as a condiment. This was very delicious.
hello manjula aunty,
is it possible for you to put up some more recipes? which we usually do not make it at home.
Great healthy, feel good and tasty dish. Came out well and was very delicious. Thank You for sharing another lovable recipe of yours.