SWEET POTATO TIKKIS/PATTIES
Sweet Potato Tikki/Patties is a delicious snack with a balance of flavours, sweet, salty and sour. Enjoy them as a starter, or serve as a part of a main meal.
Ingredients
- 800 g 2 large sweet potatoes
- 1 tsp ginger paste
- 2-3 finely chopped green chillis
- 2 tbsp lemon juice
- 1 tsp rock salt
- ¼ cup fresh coriander chopped
- ½ tsp cinnamon powder
- ¼ tsp clove powder
- ½ tsp cumin
- 2 - 3 tbsp arrowroot flour or cassava flour
- ¼ cup chopped cashew nuts
- ¼ cup pomegranate arils
- oil for deeping frying, shallow frying
Instructions
- Boil or roast the sweet potatoes till its done. If you want to roast it then let it bake in the oven for 30 minutes at 180°C.
- Peel the sweet potatoes. Mash the potatoes.
- Add all the remaining ingredients.
- Mix well.
- Grease your hands with oil and a tray.
- Take about a golf ball size of the mixture.
- Roll it and shape it into a flat disc.
- Heat a frying pan over medium heat.
- Pour a little oil into the pan, about 1-2 tbsp.
- Put the patties in the pan.
- Let them cook till its golden brown.
- Flip and cook the other side.
- Serve with chutney.
For Deep Frying:
- Heat oil in a wok or karai over medium heat.
- Add a small piece of the mixture in the oil. If the oil is ready the piece should sizzle and come up.
- Add patties to the oil and deep fry till they are light golden brown in colour.
Notes
- You can make tiny ones to serve as starters.
- Serve with yogurt drizzled over the tikki/patties. Add some chutney and sprinkle fried potato sticks or crisp. (chips).
- Adding pomegranate is optional.
- During shallow frying or deep frying if the tikki disintegrates, then just add 1-2 tbsp more of the binding flour.