Aloo Tikki Recipe | Delhi Style Aloo Tikki
If you’re craving the bold and vibrant flavors of Delhi street food, this Aloo Tikki recipe is exactly what you need! Made just like the famous Delhi street-style aloo tikki.
These crispy, golden patties are the perfect base for a variety of dishes. Whether you’re in the mood for a classic Aloo Tikki Chaat, the ever-popular Tikki Choley, or even an Aloo Tikki Burger, this recipe has you covered.
It’s the ideal solution when those chaat cravings strike, offering authentic flavor and versatility all in one easy-to-make recipe. Perfect for anyone looking to recreate their favorite Indian street food at home!
Aloo ki tikki is a famous street food of Delhi. Potato snacks are popular all across North India, popular Aloo ki chaat or Aloo Katori chaat. If there is a street food, more often than not, potatoes are one of the main ingredients in it.
If you ever needed a crispy Aloo tikki recipe to make perfect aloo tikki chaat with that golden brown color just like chaat wala in the Delhi market, this is it. Tikki/patty is made with boiled potatoes. This is then fried to golden and crispy perfection and served sweet and tangy chutneys and spice powders.
If you love street food and have ever been to Delhi, Aloo tikki chaat is one thing you just can not miss. Most famous is old Delhi Chaat menu Where you get most awesome Karari (crispy) and spicy Aloo ki tikki. A huge batch of tikki being fried on a big wave/griddle in ghee and a queue waiting for their turn to get their piping hot Aloo tikki, that’s the usual scene at any chaat shop in Delhi.
But if you have not been to Delhi or if you are trying to make tikki at home. Try this Aloo tikki recipe of mine you will never miss the taste of Aloo tikki from the Local Chaat Wala ( Chat vendor). Tall claims! I know 🙂 but really try it once. Follow the exact proportions and cooking method and make exactly street style Aloo Tikki easily at home.
Why Make This Aloo Tikki Recipe?
- Authentic Delhi Street Style: This recipe brings the taste of Delhi’s bustling streets right to your kitchen, with perfectly crispy and flavorful aloo tikkis.
- Versatile: You can use these aloo tikkis to make Aloo Tikki Chaat, pair them with Choley, or even enjoy them in a delicious Aloo Tikki Burger.
- Chaat Cravings: Whenever you’re craving Indian street food, this one recipe satisfies your taste buds, providing the ultimate chaat experience at home.
- Easy and Quick: It’s simple to make with basic ingredients, but the result is a flavorful and satisfying snack or meal.
- Perfect for Parties: Whether it’s a family gathering or a casual snack, these tikkis are a hit and can be made ahead of time.
Ingredients for Aloo Tikki
- Potatoes -Aloo, use less starchy variety of potatoes for making crispy tikki. I have tried making them with Yukon gold potatoes and these come out perfect.
- Corn Flour: You can also substitute corn flour with arrowroot or tapioca starch.
- Paneer: chopped into small bits
- Chana Dal: Soaked chana dal
- Raisins: kishmish
- Flavour Boosters: Green chilli chopped, 1 inch ginger chopped, coriander leaves
- Spice Powders: Red chilli powder, chaat masala powder, coriander powder, roasted cumin powder
- Toppings: Green chutney, tamarind chutney, Whisked yogurt
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How to make Aloo Tikki
- Mash the boiled potatoes properly using a potato masher if you want to use a grater that is fine too. Make sure there are no lumps.
- Add cornflour to the mashed potatoes as well as salt to taste.
- Now mix the dough well till cornflour is uniformly mixed. Keep the dough aside and make a filling for the tikki.
- To make the filling heat up one tbsp oil in the pan, add chopped ginger and chopped coriander to it. Cook for a minute and add chopped green chilies.
- Now add salt, chopped paneer and raisins. Cook for 4-5 minutes and keep this aside.
- Now to make Aloo tikki, divide the dough into 5 equal parts. Grease the palm of your hand with a little bit of oil. flatten the dough and in the center place the spoonful of paneer filling.
- Now close the dough and bring it back in the center (like shown in the video) so that filling in enclosed in the patty/tikki. Likewise, make all the aloo tikkis.
- Now heat 4-5 tbsp oil in a pan, when the oil is heated through, turn the flame to low-medium and shallow fry the aloo tikki while pressing with a spatula from time to time till you get perfect golden brown crispy aloo tikki.
- Now to assemble them, you can serve tikki in a bowl. I used recyclable wooden bowl which is used to serve chaat.
- First of all, add a big spoonful of yogurt/curd in which salt is added. Place the tikki over it and drizzle some more curd.
- Now top it with sweet tamarind chutney and spicy and tangy green chutney. Sprinkle chaat masala, red chilli powder and finally some sev. Garnish with fresh coriander leaves and serve the Aloo tikki chaat immediately.
Recipe Notes
If you take care of these few things your tikki will turn out crisp each time you make it. Here are my tried and tested tips to make best tikki chaat.
- Mash boiled potatoes as fine as you can. Mashed potatoes should be totally lump-free.
- Always use cornflour for binding, this binds the potatoes better and gives a crisp outer layer to tikki. Using breadcrumbs in okay but cornflour gives the best result. A perfect street like crispy tikki.
- Shallow frying on slow-medium heat is must for the crisp outer layer.
- While you are shallow frying flip/turn the tikki minimum two times and keep pressing with a flat spatula in between.
Substitutions you can make
- I have made the tikki stuffing with paneer in this recipe. You can try different stuffings, Chana dal or green peas stuffing also tastes great in tikki.
- Choose the stuffing as per your taste. Also for binding the potatoes in tikki, you can either use bread crumbs, cornflour or arrowroot powder.
How to Serve
Another thing that is important in making good Aloo tikki chaat is how you assemble it. Aloo tikki can be served as Aloo tikki chole in which chaat is made with tikki and along with chutneys and dahi, it is topped with spicy chole curry. Another popular way of serving street style aloo tikki is to serve it with tamarind chutney and tangy and green chutney with dahi.
We love it both ways, but here I have shown the Tikki with Chutneys spices and whipped yogurt. You can make plain aloo tikki without stuffing or make them with typical Delhi style stuffing of paneer and kishmish.
FAQs
Can I make aloo tikki ahead of time?
Yes! You can prepare the tikkis and store them in the refrigerator for up to two days. Just fry them when you’re ready to serve.
How do I keep my aloo tikkis from breaking?
Make sure to boil the potatoes just until soft, not mushy. Also, adding a binding agent like breadcrumbs or cornflour helps prevent the tikkis from falling apart.
Can I freeze aloo tikkis?
Absolutely! Shape the tikkis and freeze them uncooked. When you want to use them, just thaw and fry as usual.
Can I bake or air-fry the tikkis instead of deep-frying?
Yes, for a healthier option, you can bake or air-fry the tikkis. They may not be as crispy as deep-fried, but they’ll still taste great.
What can I serve with aloo tikki besides chaat?
Aloo tikki can be served as a burger patty, with chutneys as a snack, or with yogurt and sev for a quick and tasty chaat.
More Chaat and Indian Street Food Recipes
If you love Aloo tikki chaat or Indian street food recipes you might like to try these.
- Masoor ki Tikki Chaat,
- Ram Laddoo
- Dahi Vada Chaat
- Paneer ki Tikki Chaat
- Kolkata Style Churmur
- Kala Chana Chaat
Watch Aloo Tikki Recipe in Hindi
Aloo Tikki Chaat Recipe | How to make Aloo Tikki
Ingredients
- 400 g Potatoes boiled peeled
- 2 tbsp Tbsp Cornflour heaped
- Salt to taste
- 100 g paneer chopped
- 2 green chilli chopped
- 1 inch ginger ipc of ginger chopped
- 2 Tbsp raisins/ kishmish
- Red chilli powder
- chaat masala powder
- coriander leaves
- 1/4 cup Green chutney
- 1/4 cup tamarind chutney
- 1 cup yogurt /dahi
Instructions
- Mash the boiled potatoes properly using a potato masher if you want to use a grater that is fine too. Make sure there are no lumps.
- Add cornflour to the mashed potatoes as well as salt to taste.
- Now mix the dough well till cornflour is uniformly mixed. Keep the dough aside and make a filling for the tikki.
- To make the filling heat up one tbsp oil in the pan, add chopped ginger and chopped coriander to it. Cook for a minute and add chopped green chilies.
- Now add salt, chopped paneer and raisins. Cook for 4-5 minutes and keep this aside.
- Now to make Aloo tikki, divide the dough into 5 equal parts. Grease the palm of your hand with a little bit of oil. flatten the dough and in the center place the spoonful of paneer filling.
- Now close the dough and bring it back in the center (like shown in the video) so that filling in enclosed in the patty/tikki. Likewise, make all the aloo tikkis.
- Now heat 4-5 tbsp oil in a pan, when the oil is heated through, turn the flame to low-medium and shallow fry the aloo tikki while pressing with a spatula from time to time till you get perfect golden brown crispy aloo tikki.
- Now to assemble them, you can serve tikki in a bowl. I used recyclable wooden bowl which is used to serve chaat.
- First of all, add a big spoonful of yogurt/curd in which salt is added. Place the tikki over it and drizzle some more curd.
- Now top it with sweet tamarind chutney and spicy and tangy green chutney. Sprinkle chaat masala, red chilli powder and finally some sev. Garnish with fresh coriander leaves and serve the Aloo tikki chaat immediately.
I live in U.s for Ph.D. and I soo wanted to have chaat so stumbled upon this one! it is such a tasty Tikki chaat recipe just like the one I had during college in Delhi!
You have a good collection of street food made at home.