Ragda Patties

Today is my final dish of this weeks theme streetfoods/condiments,last but not least yes am posting today our family favourite street food aka chaat food Ragda patties. Actually its been more than 5 years i tasted this ragda patties in India, but after then seriously i wanted to try this chaat food at home as we dont get chaat foods easily here in Paris. Chaat foods in Paris thats definitely a hard task and it like searching for a treasure, obviously if you are craving for chaat foods/streets foods here you need to make yourself at home. When i chosed this weeks theme as street foods/condiments, i know for the letter R ill be making this ragda patties. I prepared this droolworthy ragda patties few days back, needless to say we had a feast at home.

I prepared this delicious ragda patties from the scratch since i had all the ingredients at home. This dish goes for two parts, the one is ragda which is prepared by soaked and cooked white peas with spices and the second part is making patties aka tikkis with potatoes.While serving, two or three patties are covered with this stew called ragda as sauce and garnished with chopped onions,coriander leaves, served with spicy green chutney and sweet dates chutney thats it, now just enjoy this incredible chaat food.This dish may goes for a long cooking process but definitely a worth to try, you can have a filling brunch or a snack if you have this ragda patties.

For Ragda:
1cup White peas
2nos Onions (chopped)
1no Tomato (chopped)
1tsp Chilly powder
1/2tsp Coriander powder
1/2tsp Cumin powder
1/4tsp Garam masala powder
1/4tsp Cumin seeds
2tbsp Oil
Salt

Soak the white peas overnite.

Next day pressure cook it for 3 whistles.

Meanwhile heat the oil in a pan,fry the cumin seeds, add the chopped onions and fry until they turns transculent.

Add the tomatoes and cook until they turns mushy.

Now add the coriander powder, chilly powder, cumin powder and garam masala powder, cook for few minutes.

Add in the cooked white peas with cooked water and bring it to boil.

Cook everything in simmer for few minutes.

Potato Tikkis:
4nos Potatoes (pressure cooked)
1/2tsp Garam masala powder
1/4tsp Cumin powder
2nos Green chillies(chopped)
Salt
1tbsp Corn flour
Oil for shallow frying

Mash the cooked potatoes, add in the garam masala powder, chopped green chillies, cumin powder, corn flour, salt and mix well.

Make small sized tikkis from the mixture.

Heat enough oil in a pan, shallow fry the tikkis until they turns golden brown.

For serving:
Green chutney & Sweet Chutney
Sev (as per need)
1no Red onion (chopped)
Few coriander leaves (chopped)

While serving, arrange two or three patties in a plate.

Pour on the top enough ragda aka white peas stew.

Add in green chutney and sweet chutney as per need.

Now add enough finely chopped onions,chopped coriander leaves and top it with enough sev.

Serve immediately.

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