Ingredients
For Stuffing
- 3 Bunch Spinach/ Palak (Blanched and then chopped roughly)
- 1 Large onion (Optional)
- 1 tbsp Oil
- 1 Pinch Asafoetida/ Hing
- 1 tsp Cumin Seeds/ Jeera
- 4-5 nos Green Chili (Chopped Roughly)
- 0,5 tsp Salt (Or as per taste)
- 1 tsp Red Chili Powder (Or as per taste)
- 1 tsp Dry roasted Cumin/ Bhuna Jeera
- 0.5 tsp Dry ginger powder/ Saunth
- 7-8 nos Red Grapes (Cut in to four pieces)
For Outer Layer
- 2 medium Potato (Boiled)
- 1 pinch Asafoetida/ Hing
- 1 tsp Salt (Or as per taste)
- 1 tsp Dry roasted Cumin/ Bhuna Jeera
Servings: People
Instructions
- Clean, wash and blanch spinach. Chop roughly and keep aside. Clean and wash onion and grapes, chop roughly and keep aside.
- Heat 1 tbsp oil in a pan. Add HIng and jeera and let it cracker.
- When jeera starts crackling, add chopped onion and fry until pink in color.
- Add green chili and fry.
- Add chopped spinach and fry.
- Add salt, red chili powder, bhuna jeera and ginger powder and fry.
- Switch off the gas and let it cool down completely. Mix with chopped grapes and keep aside. The stuffing is ready.
- Now for outer layer take boiled potato, salt, hing and bhuna jeera in a big bowl. Mash it to smooth with the help of a fork. And divide this mix in to 6 equal portions.
- Now take 1 portion in hand, Flatten it and make a slight grove in center.
- Place approx 2 tbsp stuffing in the center of tikki and fold it again to give a round shape like a cutlet or tikki.
- Do the same with all portions and keep aside. (You can refrigerate it now for later use)
- Now when you want to serve, heat a non stick pan. Shallow fry the tikkis till crisp and brown in color at low to medium flame.. (Be very careful while flipping them, it might break.)
- Serve Hot.
- You may also make tikki chaat by pouring beated little sweet curd, sweet chutney and green chutney with a sprinkle of spices like bhuna jeera, red chili powder and salt.
Recipe Notes
- Fill the stuffing and then fold the tikki back carefully making sure its closed properly, no stuffing should come out.
- While shallow frying, flip the tikkis carefully as they might break.
- You may also bake it in a preheated oven till golden brown.
- If you are fasting or do not want to use onion simply omit it from the recipe.
- Here i used red grapes, you may use any type of grapes or pomegranate which is easily available to you.
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