Crispy Moong Dal Stuffed Aloo Tikki Recipe | Dal Tikki Recipe
Step by step preparation of crispy moong dal stuffed aloo tikki recipe dipped in curd and served with green and red chutney. A simple, tasty, and healthy high-protein tikki recipe made with potatoes and moong dal stuffing. This dal tikki recipe is a healthier flavourful version of a simple aloo tikki recipe. You can enjoy it as a snack or as a starter recipe.
Ingredients
For preparing moong dal stuffing
- 1 cup Boiled washed moong dal
- 1 tbsp Oil
- 1 Medium sized onion (Finely chopped)
- 1 pinch Heeng
- ½ tsp Salt
- ½ tsp Turmeric powder (haldi)
- ½ tsp Coriander powder (dhania powder)
- ½ tsp Roasted jeera powder (Jeera powder)
- ½ tsp Dry mango powder (amchoor)
- ¼ tsp Dry ginger powder (adrak powder)
- ¼ tsp Garam masala
For making potato balls
- 500 gm Boiled potato
- ½ tsp Salt
- ½ tsp Roasted jeera powder (jeera powder)
- ½ tsp Black pepper powder (kali mirch powder)
- ½ tsp Garam masala
- 2 tbsp Chopped green coriander leaves
- ½ cup Bread crumbs
Final preparation of aloo tikki stuffed with moong
- 2 cup curd
- Green cutney (as required)
- Red imli chutney (as required)
- Black salt mix (as required)
- 3-4 tbsp oil for shallow frying of tikkis
Instructions
How to boil moong dal
- Firstly, wash the dal. Then transfer it into a pressure cooker and add 1 &1/2 cup water. Cook it up to 2 whistles and then release the steam immediately. Strain the water from dal with the help of a stainer and put it aside.
How to make moong dal stuffing
- Heat oil in a frying pan, add chopped onion, and saute it for 1-2 minutes. Then add heeng, salt, turmeric powder, coriander powder, roasted jeera powder, dry mango powder, dry ginger powder, and saute for a few seconds.
- Now add boiled dal and mix well. Finally, add garam masala and cook for 1 minute. Put aside and let it cool down.
How to make potato balls
- Take a big bowl, add boiled potatoes, and mashed them with the help of a potato masher or grate them with a grater. Then add salt, roasted jeera powder, black pepper powder, garam masala, and chopped green coriander. Mix them well and lastly, add bread crumbs, and make a soft dough. Now make equal size balls out of it. I got nine balls out of that.
How to stuff potato balls
- Now flatten the ball, fill the stuffing inside, close the ends together and give the shape of a Tikki. Repeat the same process with the rest of the potato balls.
How to cook moong dal stuffed tikkis
- Then take a nonstick pan, add some oil, and heat it. Now place round-shaped potato tikkis filled with boiled moong dal one by one and shallow fry them for 1-2 minutes on low flame and then flip to the other side and cook for 1-2 minutes till they become well cooked from both sides. Finally, remove them in the serving plate, pour curd then green and red chutneys and sprinkle some salt mixture on it and serve hot.
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Notes
- For stuffing, dal to be cooked up to 80%.
- To make it gluten-free, use cornmeal, poha, rice flour, besan, or even oats flour for binding.
- After adding the spices to the mashed potatoes, don't leave them for a long time as salt and spices make the potato dough soft and are difficult to handle while cooking.
- Shallow fry tikkis only at the low flame that helps in well cooking from inside too. Flip them in between to make them crisp from both sides.