Broccoli Tikkis

Broccoli Tikkis

 

Ingredients:

1 small Broccoli head

1 large(or 2 medium) Potato,boiled

2 tbsp Besan/Chickpea flour (or 2 Bread slices)

2-3 tbsp roughly crushed roasted Peanuts or Cashew nuts

1 tbsp Raisins

1 small Onion,finely chopped

3-4 Green chillies,finely chopped

1 tsp finely chopped Ginger

1/2 tsp Amchur powder or juice of  1/2 lemon

Salt to taste

Chat masala,to sprinkle

Oil,to shallow fry

Method:

• Cut broccoli into florets and wash them nicely and blanch them in hot water for 1-2 mins.Drain and pour cold water on them and keep them aside.
• Grate the boiled and peeled potato and keep it ready.
• Grate the broccoli florets or pulse them in food processor/mixer a couple of time to get the grated broccoli.Do not run in mixer for long as we need just the small bits of it.
• Dry roast the besan until you get the nice aroma for a couple of minutes.Cool it.
• Heat a tsp of oil and add finely chopped onions and fry until they turn translucent.Add raisins and fry until they bulge and then add chopped green chillies and ginger and give a stir quickly and switch off the flame.Cool the mixture.
• In a bowl mix the grated potatoes,broccoli,onion mixture,crushed peanuts(or cashew nuts), roasted besan(or bread) and mix well.
• Add enough salt and lemon juice(or amchur powder) to it and mix well. 
• Start making round tikkis of 2 " wide and 3/4 " thickness with the mixture.You will get around 12-14 tikkis with this mixture.Arrange them in a single layer on a plate and cover it with a cling film and refrigerate for half an hour.You can avoid refrigerating if pressed for time.
• Apply few tbsp of oil on a thick hot tawa and arrange the cutlets in a single layer and roast them on both sides until golden and crisp.You can even shallow fry them in a flat pan with 1/2" depth oil until crisp.Drain the tiikis on a kitchen napkin.
• Sprinkle chat masala on top of hot tikkis.

Serve them hot with Green Chutney and Meeta Chutney.