Una verdad simulada

Indira runs an awesome site dedicated to Indian food. Go check it out for easy to make, healthy, wholesome Indian recipes. This aloo tikki recipe reminded me of a similar recipe I had posted on my old blog. A healthier version of Indira’s recipe, in that I add spinach and peas and use no oil in making the “hara bhara kabab”.

Here is the recipe retrieved from Google cache (without notes and comments):

Last weekend, I was planning to make hara bhara kabab (recipe from India Express) for dinner party at Ashish’s place. Hara bhara kababs are usually fried — deep fried in oil or shallow fried on a pan. […] I made the kababs on a pan, with no oil. Here is the recipe!

• 2 large potatoes, boiled
• 1 small carrot, boiled
• 1/2 cup peas, boiled
• 1 cup spinach, blanched
• 6 hot green chillies, finely chopped
• 1 tsp garlic, finely chopped
• 1 tsp ginger, finely chopped
• Chaat masala
• Salt to taste

Mash together all the boiled veggies except spinach. Finely chop the blanched spinach. Mix together spinach and all the mashed veggies. Add rest of the ingredients and knead it like a dough.

Heat a non stick pan on a medium heat. Roll the mixture in your hands to form a ball; flatten the ball between your palms. Adjust the edges of the flattened pattie to make it smooth. Gently place the pattie on the hot pan.

After about 5 minutes, the bottom of the pattie gets brown. Turn over the pattie carefullyand brown the other side too. Do this with all the potato mixture. It should make about 15 to 20 patties.

Bon Appétit!

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