Chole Tikki Chaat |Chole Aloo Tikki Chaat | How to make Aloo Tikki Chaat

Chaats always my fav , no street food can beat Indian spicy chaat corners. I and husband love to have any chaat it might be, one of our recent fav is Chole tikki chaat . I thought of trying it at home and we just couldn’t stop us from digging in. There many variation of Chole chaat with samosa, kachoris, even masala vadai i have tried and even with Tikki . Chaats look so simple but there is so many ingredients to be included makes it delicious. Even though the process might be long when it comes to chaat this is a very simple dish to cook. This is one among the popular street food, some tikki are made with a filling for this chaat which taste yummier even but i made a simple version. Lets quickly move the chaat recipe.

Chole Tikki Chaat

Category	Preparation time	Cook Time
Chaat Recipe	30 mins	15 mins

Ingredients

For Chole

Kabuli Channa/ Garbanzo beans – 1 cup ( soaked overnight and pressure cooked)

Channa masala – 1 tsp

Red chilli pd – 1/2 tsp

Turmeric pd – 1/4 tsp

Cumin pd – 1/4 tsp

Coriander pd – 1 tsp

Tomato – 2 no ( chopped)

Onion – 1 no ( sliced)

Cinnamon stick – 1 inch

Star Anise – 1 no

Cardamom – 1-2 no

Oil – 2 tbsp

Salt to taste

For Tikki

Potato – 2 no

Pea ( cooked) – 1/4 cup

Red chilli pd – 1/2 tsp

Turmeric pd – 1/4 tsp

Garam masala – 1/4 tsp

Cumin pd – 1/4 tsp

Amchur pd – 1/4 tsp

Salt to taste

Oil for shallow frying

Om podi for garnish

Green chutney as needed

Sweet chutney as needed

Chopped Onion’s

Chopped Coriander’s

Method

For Chole

In a kadai heat 1 tbsp of oil.
Add onion and saute them till they turn translucent.
Add the chopped tomatoes and cook them till they are mushy.
Cool the mixture and blend them in a mixer to a smooth puree.
Heat rest of the oil in a pan add add cinnamon, star anise,cardamom.
Add the tomato onion puree and boil them for few minutes.
Add red chilli pd , turmeric pd, cumin pd, coriander pd , channa masala pd and mix them well.
Simmer and cook the gravy till the raw smell goes off.
Add the cooked channa and water as needed and cook the gravy till oil separates on the top .
Chole is ready !!

For Tikki

Boil the potatoes, peel the skin and mashed them well.
Add boiled peas , red chilli pd , turmeric pd, cumin pd, garam masala , amchur and salt to taste.
Mix them well and divide them to equal balls , press them and make discs.
Heat the tawa and place the disc , drizzle some oil and cook them in simmer from both the sides till they are light brown from both the sides.
Tikki are ready !!

To assemble

In a plate pour in some chole, place the tikki on top.
Garnish it with chopped onions, chopped coriander, some green chutney , sweet chutney .
Sprinkle some ompodi and serve hot .