GREEN PEAS TIKKI CHAAT

This was the Navratri dinner I planned for myself yesterday. We do not celebrate Navratri but honestly I did not feel like having non-vegetarian food. Given my health condition, I wished to have something healthy which had to be tasty too. As I always say, there had been a sharp change in my taste buds in the recent past. The pulao-mangsho kind of person suddenly got fond of chaat, dal and vegetables. Her love for fresh water fish has not lessened though. Chaats were not much done at our home. As my memories about something near to chaat was the fruits mixed with spices and chilli. One fond memory is having dahi-vada chaat with mom when the duo went for shopping. How we both loved having it from the roadside stalls with two hands full of shopping packets, beautiful were those simple pleasures. Wanting to have a healthy chaat, I prepared these Green Peas Tikki Chaat which tasted really yum without any compromise with my health. The time taken to prepare the tiki was less as green peas take less time to cook. The time taken is only for preparing the tikkis and boiling the Bengal Gram, rest is only assembling to prepare a yummy, healthy no onion, no garlic chaat. Let us do it.

INGREDIENTS :

Green Peas : 250gm
Potato : 1big
Green Chilli : 1[optional]
Bengal Gram : 1/4 small cup
Plain Yogurt : 1big cup
Mumbai Sev [thin gram flour noodles] : 1tbsp
Cumin Seed : 1/4tsp 
Cumin Powder : 1/4tsp 
Coriander Powder : 1/4tsp
Cinnamon Powder : 2pinches
Cardamom Powder : 2pinches
Red Chilli Powder : 2pinches
Salt : As required
Chaat Masala : 1/4tsp
Sugar : 1tsp
Oil : 1+1tbsp

METHOD :

Soak the Bengal grams in hot water and some salt for an hour and pressure cook up to 3-4 whistles.

Boil the potato and mash. Make a paste with the green peas in a blender.

Heat 1tbsp oil in a wok. Temper with the cumin seeds. Add the Green Peas paste and saute for 2minutes.

Add the cinnamon powder, cumin powder, coriander powder, cardamom powder. Stir well for a minute.

Add the mashed potato and adjust the salt. Fold in the whole mix well and cook for about 2-3 minutes.

Let it cool and then shape into small tikkis / cutlet. Place a frying pan on the oven and heat the oil in it. Swallow fry the tikkis, each side 3-4 minutes at low heat.

Transfer to a plate. Beat the yogurt with a little of salt and sugar, add the boiled Bengal Gram and pour over the cutlets. Add the chopped green chillies [optional], the sev, sprinkle with the chaat masala and red-chilli powder.