Winter season brings a lot more memories from my parent’s house related to food. We are 4 siblings and we all were great foodies. Dinner used to be the main meal of the day because whole family used to be together at the end of the day and we used to have it in the kitchen itself because kitchen had wonderful aroma of hot food preparation and all the warmth of cooking.
Other than regular food, menu for winter dinner used to be hot dosa, different varieties of cheela, stuffed parathas or plain parathas and aaloo ki tikiya.
Aaloo ki tikiya is a type of patty prepared with boiled potatoes and stuffed with spicy boiled peas. It is roasted on heavy tava brushed up with oil. Aalu ki tikiya is a very popular North Indian street snack during winter. It is served with sweet chutney and spicy coriander chutney. If you want to have it as a full meal, serve chole also along with chutney.
When we shifted to Bangalore around 15 years ago we were staying in a rented house. There I had prepared Aaloo ki tikiya for my daughter’s third birthday party. I guess it was a gathering of 15-16 people. Well, among them nine people were from our house owner’s family. They all were staying together as a joint family with two married sons, their kids and parents. Guests loved aaloo ki tikiya so much that for next birthday party there was a demand to prepare them again!!
Well, the reason I prepared aaloo ki tikiya this time was completely different. I wanted to use this tikiya as a filling for veg burger. So I prepared small and thinner tikiya. If you want to prepare them as only snack, prepare slightly bigger in size and don’t flatten them so much.
You must have seen how they are sold in food corners in the market. One big flat heavy bottomed tava completely covered with big sized tikiyas around it and the moment you order, street-food magician😊 will drag one from the edge of tawa and roast it in the middle of tawa till it gets beautiful brown crisp and you will be having a plate of hot crisp and soft tikiya with sweet and spicy chutney and chopped onions… Oh well…. I can visualize the scene!!!
Aren’t you tempted enough to give a try? I am sure you are!! Just have some patience while roasting them on tawa. It is done on sim heat. Some prefer to fry them because frying makes the work fast. But personally I never really like the taste of fried ones and I don’t want to consume so much of oil when there is a better option.
Choice is yours, whatever the way you want to go ahead with!!
In the list of ingredients I have not mentioned the quantity because you actually don’t need. Add all spices as per your taste buds. I prefer little bit spicy – your choice might be less or very mild …. so add all spices whichever the way you want!!
Ingredients :
Boiled potatoes
Boiled peas
Finely chopped green coriander leaves
Finely chopped green chillies
Finely chopped onions
Salt, dry mango powder(amchoor), dry chilli powder, garam masala, asafoetida (hing) and oil for brushing up.
Process :
Boil potatoes and keep them on a sieve so that excess water get drained out.
Now boil peas and after boiling keep them also in sieve so that excess water gets drained out. Watery peas and potatoes would create problem in preparing tikiya, so take care of this point.
Peel boiled potatoes and grate them in a vessel.
Yes, you heard it right! We don’t mash them because in mashed potatoes there are tiny little chunks of potatoes. We need fine thick paste kind of consistency, so we have to grate them.
Grease your palms and vessel with little bit of oil and slightly knead these grated potatoes and collect them in the shape of a dough.
In another vessel keep boiled peas along with all spices, chopped chillies and coriander leaves. Slightly mash peas with your fingers while mixing everything together. Filling is ready.
Grease your hands with oil and take a small portion of potato dough and give it a round shape like ball. Finish potato dough by preparing round shaped balls.
Now keep one potato ball in your palm, give a cup like shape to your palm and slowly by tapping from all the sides create some space for the filling.
Fill-in peas filling in there and slowly and carefully close it back and roll it again between your palms in ball shape. If potatoes are sticking, grease palms with oil. Fill – in all potato balls in the same way.
Heat heavy bottomed flat tava on medium heat and grease it with oil. Once tava is hot enough, keep all tikiya (peas filled potato balls) on it and reduce heat on sim.
Brush up the upper part of tikiya with oil and spread very little quantity of oil around all tikiya.
With the help of slight sharp edged flat spatula turn all tikiya upside down and once again brush up with oil. Now you can increase the heat on medium to sim.
Roast tikiya nicely from both the sides till they become nice brown and crisp. Serve with sweet chutney and spicy coriander chutney.
What do you think about this popular Indian snack? Have you ever tried it before this way or in a different way .. would love to hear from you all in the comments section 😊😊
These stuffed potatoes look so delicious ! It is lunch time here, and your photos make feel hungry. 🙂
Thanks a lot Megala 😊😊
Prepare them for dinner!!!
Yes, it is going to be a surprise treat for my family in this weekend. 🙂
Wowwww… I will be honoured Megala 😊🙂
Certainly one of the most popular street food in North India.
And I guess in whole north India Delhi will top in having the most variety of street food, snacks and chats at reasonable prices.
Certainly. It does. Delhi is also at forefront in creating a huge variations of popular street food but it is the regular ones that are the best.
So true!!
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Your Tikiyas look so tempting…never tried them before but now after looking at your post I just can’t wait.
Thank you very much.
You wouldn’t regret trying them !!
Thank you for sharing… I will definitely try the potatoes though I will have to leave out the “spicy” part… taste buds love it but the old stomach does not… 🙂
We have to change recipes as our tummy gives signs more than taste buds… potatoes can be sweet potatoes and filling could be mix vegetables with homemade sauce….!
Yes, I were thinking of regular potato with mix vegetables, bell pepper…. and for spices some garlic or sweet basil or oregano or a little of all… 🙂
Perfect!!
wow too good!!
Thank you very much!
You had me at spicy and potato! Looks delicious for sure!
Thank you very much Diane. Glad to hear that you and me are alike with spices 😀
Nice tikki with stuffed potatoes.
Thank you very much Pranita!!
Wow stuffed potatoes… it looks yummy.. I can eat them all in single go..
Ha.. ha.ha..i am sure you will Chiru☺️thank you very much!! That’s the biggest advantage of homemade snacks.. You can enjoy them without worrying about hygiene issues or the quality of ingredients!!
That’s right.. Home food never disappointing..
Looks delicious!
Potatoes are my all time favourite, though high on carb but cannot separate them out from my meal 😍
Thanks a lot Priyanka. I guess once in a while homemade junk food is ok…. and yes, separating potatoes from everyday’s food is really difficult for me too😊
Who would not like junk food. My husband is great fond of junk food. So, not just once in a while we have it quite often 😅but definitely home made 😁
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Looks and sounds so delicious! ❤️
Thank you so much Irine☺️😊
Very detailed post
Thank you very much Subhashini!
I have not tried this, but it looks and sounds delicious. To me, they are reminiscent of pakoras filled with potatoes and peas, but I don’t know if you think they taste similar.
Pakoda is generally prepared with gram flour with your choice of filling and completely fried snack, so taste would be different for tikiya and pakora.
Thank you for letting me know. I am sure your tikiyas are delicious!
Look so delicious👏🏻👏🏻
Thank you very much for visiting the blog!!
Oh, I like this kind of comfort food. Anything made with potato makes me happy!
Thanks much Dominique 😊😊
I guess potatoes are very comfort food in any form… and loved by all age groups.
This looks and sounds delicious! I will surely ask my mom to make these and will let you know!
I will be honoured !
Thank you so much!!
My pleasure!
These sound mouth watering … I have to do some research in your recipes … I LOVE Indian food!
Thank you so much Stella.
Indian food is slightly spicy but we can always reduce or increase spices as per our taste buds.
I worked in an Indian company once, and I tasted the kitchen of the bosses’ wives. Especially one made great food, she was a vegan. It is from that time that I discovered my appreciation of Indian food, and I tried to find restaurants in my hometown. But most restaurants could not compete with the food of the bosses’ wives … 😉 🙂
Homemade is always the best!
These look really yummy. 🙂
Thank you very much Lynette!
This looks like a recipe that will be a big hit in my home. Thanks for sharing all these step-by-step photos, so helpful. xx
Thank you very much for your lovely appreciation and kind words Annika 😊
Wow, I am a big fan of these
Thank you very much Nisha.
Thank you for the nice recipe! can’t wait to try it!
Thank you so much for your lovely appreciation ☺️☺️
Awesome recipe thank you for share Deeksha !!! 💙
Thank you for your your appreciation Suni😊☺️
Beautiful sharing.
Thank you very much Pranita 😊😊
It was perfect the first time. I learn so much from you as well! Keep it up great post.
Glad to hear feedback from you Ghulam. Thank you very much 😊
Well Deeksha, I thought I must share the joy of overeating with you. Sunday. My wife Sonu noticed that I hadn’t eaten Parathas in a while. I too noticed it😊
Amazing aaloo paranthas in desi ghee. With fresh homemade white butter, some curd, and ……
Why should there be lack in our lives?
So I overate😊😊😊
She asked me if you had paratha recipe in your blog. Frankly, I didn’t have a clue. I just look at the fabulous pictures , feel great and admire your culinary skills.
Apologies if I haven’t praised your pakoras appropriately. But my stomach might explode.😊😊
Thought I might share
Parneet, warm wishes to Sonuji☺️
I can visualize your kitchen filled with the smoke of desi ghee, and you just concentrating on your hot parathas, butter and curd. Who cares if restaurants are closed. I believe Sunday can’t be better than this!! After all, “nothing is better than butter” and nothing is better than homemade aaloo ke parathe😋😋
Aaloo ki tikiya can wait till foggy winters or good monsoon evening 😊
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I mean aaloo tikki please. 😊
freshly made Allo tikiya baarish keh mausam me with a hot mug of chai aha heavenly 😍
Couldn’t agree more Dilip☺️
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