Samak aur Aloo Ki Tikki- Crisp and delicious patties made with barnyarn millet,potato and spices (food for fasting)
Prep Time20 minutesmins
Cook Time10 minutesmins
Total Time30 minutesmins
Course: fasting recipe, Side Dish, snacks/starters
Cuisine: Uttar Pradesh Cuisine
Keyword: aloo tikki, barnyarn millet, Samak, vrat
Servings: 6
Author: Anjana Chaturvedi
Ingredients
1/2cupBarnyarn Millet/ Mordhan/ Samu
4mediumPotatoboiled
2tspGreen Chilieschopped
1.5tspGinger/ Adrakgrated
3tbspFresh Coriander/ Hara Dhaniyachopped
1tspPepper Powder/ Kali Mirch
1tspCumin Seeds/ Jeera
1.5tspMango Powder / amchoor
ToTasteSalt
3tbspGhee/ Cooking Oil
Instructions
Add sama and 1 and 1/4 cup water in the pressure cooker and pressure cook for 3 whistles on medium heat.
When cooker cooled down completely then take out the cooked sama in a bowl and mash with a spoon and then let it come to room temperature.
Mix together grated potato,sama and all the ingredients and mash well.(the proportion of cooked sama and boiled potato mixture should be almost same)
Grease your palms and make patties of same size from the mixture.
Heat oil/ghee in a flat nonstick pan and shallow fry the patties on medium flame till they become golden and crisp from both the sides.(avoid deep frying)
Drain on a paper napkin and serve hot.
Notes
Note- you can also add 2 tbsp of crushed peanuts at step-3