Crispy Aloo Tikki Recipe

Crispy Aloo Tikki is a delicious popular Indian street food of boiled and mashed potatoes, seasoned with basic spices.

These potato patties are crazy good, it’s vegan and gluten free, isn’t that amazing?

If you have boiled potatoes ready before hand, then these takes flat 20 minutes of time to assemble.

Step By Step Instructions

First, to begin with, mash the potatoes in a bowl leaving few bits of a boiled aloo.

Then, add all the ingredients in a bowl.

Now, mix it well to form an aloo tikki mixture.

Now take small amount of mixture and shape it into tikki.

And, then repeat the same for all the mixture. Once they are ready, refrigerate them for 10-15minutes.

After 15 minutes, heat oil in a pan. Once the oil is hot, gently place the tikkis on the pan and fry them on medium heat.

Now, flip and fry the tikki another side until golden brown and crisp. Finally, take them out and place it on absorbent paper and then repeat the same for all the patties. Serve these hot and crisp aloo patties with chutneys or ketchup.

Homemade Tikki Vs Store Bought Potato Patties

Potatoes are already the king of vegetables. Be it boiled, steamed, roasted or cooked. We have luckily got a lot options for snacks, also because potatoes are obsession.

There are N number of snacks we can make from potatoes. Not just loved by adults but extremely loved by kids. Especially there are wide options for boiled potato recipes.

If we try a bit hard, we will get the result of our snack similar to that of the ones available in stores.

Frozen McCain aloo tikki was the preference earlier by my kids as they loved it. But once I started making these tikkis at home, their preference also changed :).

Mc Donald tikki burger is no doubt very delicious. But the homemade Aloo Tikki burger is no less than that. and I mean it!

All in all homemade patties is the best. And you get your own blend of taste and flavor.

Plus, we absolutely know well what goes in our food when we make it home. They are preservatives and chemical free, fresh, healthy and nutritious.

Also do not completely compare your recipes to the readymade ones. As they have their own formulas, you have to be an exception in this world full of experiments, isn’t it?

And yes, I am not at all asking you to not eat the readymade ones, limit them and try out your own innovations.

Trust me, you will get happier with every step and succeeding recipes.

Serving Suggestions

First of all, you can simply enjoy these crisp potato patty with chutneys. Or, top the tikkis with dollop of yogurt, chutneys, chaat masala and sev to turn it into lip smacking alu tikki chaat.

Slather the paratha with green chutneys, along with some onions and chaat masala to make aloo tikki kathi roll or masala tikki frankie.

Also, if you are getting late for packing lunch for kids or for yourself at work, do not worry at all. Simply just grab the bread or buns out, splash them with sauces and mayonnaise.

Then, place the patty, layer it with lettuce, tomatoes and onion rings.  And there you go, ready with blissful spicy aloo tikki burger or tikki sandwich.

Or add the cheese slices along with the sauces and place these aloo patties to make sliders.