Poha Tikki Recipe
Ingredients
- Beaten rice / flattened rice - 1 cup
- Potatoes - 1, large
- Onion - 1 small, finely chopped
- Fresh coriander leaves - ½ cup, finely chopped
- Green chili - 1 finely chopped
- Bread - 3
- Ginger - 1 teaspoon, grated
- Turmeric powder - ¼ teaspoon
- Fennel seeds - ½ teaspoon
- Red chili powder - ½ teaspoon
- Mango powder - ½ teaspoon
- Sugar - 1 pinch
- Edible oil - 3 tablespoons
- Salt - as per taste
Instructions
- To make Poha cutlets, first, wash 1 cup of Poha with water 1 or 2 times.
- Soak the poha in water for 3 to 4 minutes and then filter the soaked poha and drain the water.
- When poha becomes soft, sieve the water of poha completely and keep aside.
- Boil the potatoes in a pressure cooker until they become soft. Peel the boiled potatoes and mash them lightly.
- In a large pot, add soft poha, mashed potatoes, finely chopped onions, finely chopped coriander, green chilies, turmeric powder, red chili powder, fennel, mango powder, and sugar and mix with fingers.
- Apply a little bit of water to the bread, let it become soft and squeeze it with hands and mash it.
- Add the mashed bread into the poha mixture and add grated ginger and salt as per taste.
- Take a small portion of the mixture and give a shape of round Tikki.
- To shallow fry, Poha Tikki, pour some oil on a nonstick pan.
- Turn down the heat to medium when hot and keep as much Tikki pan can hold and let it fry.
- When the bottom layer of the Tikki becomes light brown, then turn the Tikki carefully.
- Fry the poha Tikki on both sides and then put it on tissue paper.
- Serve the delicious Poha Tikki with coriander chutney or tomato sauce.
