Ragda pattice is a very famous Indian street food.It consists of 2 parts - ragda is the green or yellow peas gravy and pattice is fried potato cutlets.This can be an excellent dinner(when prepared at home) if you are a chaat fan..which am sure most of us are :)
Ingredients -
For ragda-
green peas
onion(1 big)
ginger-garlic paste(1tbspn)
green chillies(4-5)
tomato(1 medium)
turmeric powder
red chilly powder
coriander-cumin powder
garam masala powder
salt
oil
For pattice -
potatoes(2 medium)
red chilly powder
turmeric powder
salt
For garnish -
yogurt/curd
red chilly powder
fresh coriander leaves finely chopped
onions chopped
sev
Method -
Soak the green peas overnight in water or for 5-6 hours.
Cook peas in a pressure cooker.
Chop the onions,green chillies and tomato.
Heat oil in a non-stick pan.
Add the onions,green chillies.
After a min add the ginger-garlic paste.
Once ginger-garlic paste is sauted add the tomatoes.
Add salt,turmeric,chilly,coriander,cumin and garam masala powder.
Add water and cook till a desired consistent gravy.
Boil and mash the potatoes.
Add salt,turmeric and chilly powder.
Heat a pan and shallow fry the potato tikkis/cutlets/pattice.
Serve - 2pattice,pour some ragda over it.Garnish with curd,red chilly powder,chopped onions,coriander leaves and sev :-)
Wishing all a very Happy New Year !!
Chaat is one of our favourite foods :) We wanted to have chaat one day and due to some reasons could not go out.So thought of preparing it at home and it was mouth-watering...
Henceforth I shall be preparing many more chaat recipes at home :-)
Ingredients -
chana
onion (1big,1 small)
ginger (1 medium piece)
garlic (5-6 cloves)
tomato (1 medium)
green chillies (3-4)
garam masala
fresh coriander leaves
potato (2 medium)
turmeric powder
coriander powder
cumin/jeera powder
curd
sev/crushed potato chips
red chilly powder
salt
oil
Method -
Soak the chana overnite or for atleast 5-6 hours.
Pressure cook the chana till soft.
Heat oil in a non-stick pan.
Chop the onion,green chillies and tomato finely.
Make a paste of ginger and garlic.
Add the onions to the oil.
Once they saute add ginger-garlic paste and green chillies.
After a minute add the chopped tomato.
Put in salt,turmeric,coriander,jeera powder.
After a minute add the chana and put in the garam masala powder.
Cover and cook for 5 min.
Add little water and cook till the chana is soft.
Garnish with coriander leaves.
For the aloo tikki -Boil 2 potatoes in microwave/pressure cooker.
Mix in salt,red chilly powder and garam masala(a pinch) into the mashed potatoes.
Make tikkis and shallow fry them.
Finally to make the chat -
Take curd in a bowl and mix it well with salt and red chilly powder as per taste.
Take a plate.Put in the chana,place curd over it,sprinkle some chopped onions and green chillies,place the aloo tikki,again put some curd,put in the sev/chips.
Thats it ! chatpata Chana chaat is ready :-)
