Peethiwali Aloo Tikki

Potato-crusted spicy dal

Preparation info
  • Makes

    8

    • Difficulty

      Medium

Appears in

By Sanjeev Kapoor

Published 2011

  • About

I wish I could take you to the famous tikki center in Amritsar, where vendors do a brisk business over huge iron griddles covered with dozens of tikkis bubbling in oil. I tasted this tikki there many years ago.

Ingredients

  • ¼ cup (50 grams) dhuli urad dal (split skinless black gram)
  • ¼ teaspoon

Method

  1. Put the dal in a bowl, wash in plenty of water 2 or 3 times, and drain. Add 1 cup (200 ml) water and soak for 2 hours. Drain.
  2. Place a nonstick saucepan over high he