Overview: Poha Aloo Tikki is a delicious, crispy and satisfying breakfast made with simple everyday ingredients like poha (flattened rice), boiled potatoes, onion, green chilli and fresh coriander. It is an excellent way to turn leftover or soaked poha into a tasty snack that the everyone in family will enjoy. These golden-brown Poha- Aloo Instant healthy Tikki breakfast tikkis are quick and easy to prepare, require very little oil when shallow-fried, and can be customized with vegetables, peas or roasted peanuts. The combination of poha and potato provides carbohydrates for energy, while adding vegetables and herbs improves the overall nutritional value and health.
Ingredients:
- 🥔The following ingredients are required to prepare Poha- Aloo Instant healthy Tikki breakfast.
- Poha (flattened rice) – 1 cup
- Boiled potatoes – 3 medium
- Onion – 1 finely chopped
- Green chilli – 1–2 finely chopped
- Ginger – 1 tsp grated
- Coriander leaves – 2 tbsp chopped
- Red chilli powder – ½ tsp
- Cumin powder – ½ tsp
- Chaat masala – ½ tsp
- Garam masala – ¼ tsp
- Salt – to taste
- Lemon juice – 1 tsp
- Rice flour or cornflour – 1–2 tbsp
- Oil – for shallow frying
besides these ingredients, other are also taken as listed above
step by step for preparation Poha- Aloo Instant healthy Tikki breakfast
first of all, we take poha in bowl and rinse in running water and drain the water. In a bowl, we mash the boiled potatoes without leaving large lumps.
Making the mixture: we Add soaked poha, onion, green chilli, ginger, coriander, spices, salt and lemon juice. then we Add rice flour/cornflour and mix well until the mixture becomes firm enough to shape.
we keep on mixing the mixture with other ingredients so that it is enough hard to make flatten dows, when ready we start making dows as shown below.
we can add more crispness to the made dows by mixing them in bread crumps by preparing then in mixing jar, it adds to the crispness.
after preparing dows and mixing with bread crumps, now poha aloo tikki is ready for roasting over hot tawa with oil. we Fry for about 3–4 minutes on each side, until golden and crispy. We ensure that both sides of poha aloo tikki is cooked properly and evenly.
when prepared we take out the Poha Aloo tikkis in serving plate.
we can Serve hot with green chutney, tomato ketchup or sweet tamarind chutney. or any fresh prepared chutney
Tips for extra-crispy poha aloo tikkis
Ensure that the poha is not too wet; excess moisture can make the tikkis break.
Rice flour or bread crumps gives a particularly nice crisp texture.
Ensure to Cook on medium heat so the outside becomes golden while the inside gets properly heated.
we can add peas, grated carrot or roasted peanuts for extra flavour and texture.
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