Ingredients :
chole/ white watana (2 bowls)
turmeric (one fourth teaspoon)
chilli powder (one teaspoon)
asafoetida (1 pinch)
cumin powder (half teaspoon)
coriander powder (slightly less than half teaspoon)
tamarind paste
jaggery (if not already there in tamarind paste)
salt
chat masala
potatoes (3-4 middle sized potatoes)
2-3 bread slices / cornflour
green chillies (3-4)
garlic (2-3 cloves)
ginger (about 1 inch)
rava(sooji) / rice flour (as needed)
oil
onion (finely chopped)
tomato (finely chopped)
sev (fine sev)
coriander leaves
Procedure :
Ragda :
Soak the white watana/ chole overnight in water. Then add a pinch of turmeric to the white watana and cook it in a pressure cooker (allow for 2 - 3 whistles as they take quite some time to cook).
Heat some oil in a pan and fry some of the chopped onion in it. Then add a pinch of hing/asafoetida to the oil. Then add 1 teaspoon of red chilli powder, half teaspoon of cumin powder and slightly less than half tea spoon of coriander powder. Then add the cooked white watana to it. Add some tamarind paste and some jaggery (as per taste) to the ragda. Add half a teaspoon of salt (as per taste) to the mixture. Add some water, stir it and let it cook it. You can even add a half teaspoon to one teaspoon of chat masala to the ragda itself.
Patties :
Boil the potatoes till they become very soft. Shell them and smash them into a paste. Take 2 -3 bread slices , remove their hard edges and soak the soft bread into water. Squeeze the bread slices till the water drains out and then add it to the smashed potatoes. (This gives a slight hardness to the pattice, some people also use cornflour for this). Grind the green chillies, ginger and garlic into a paste. Add the garlic paste to the smashed potato mixture, about one tea spoon of salt and mix them well. Roll them into small circular flat balls (or patties).Take some rava(sooji) or rice flour and cover these patties with it. Then shallow fry them in a pan till they get a golden brown covering.
Serving :
Take the pattice and pour some ragda on them. Then add some tamarind sauce, some finely chopped onion and tomato, maybe a pinch of chat masala(if needed), and some fine sev, with coriander leaves on top of it and serve it hot.
chole/ white watana (2 bowls)
turmeric (one fourth teaspoon)
chilli powder (one teaspoon)
asafoetida (1 pinch)
cumin powder (half teaspoon)
coriander powder (slightly less than half teaspoon)
tamarind paste
jaggery (if not already there in tamarind paste)
salt
chat masala
potatoes (3-4 middle sized potatoes)
2-3 bread slices / cornflour
green chillies (3-4)
garlic (2-3 cloves)
ginger (about 1 inch)
rava(sooji) / rice flour (as needed)
oil
onion (finely chopped)
tomato (finely chopped)
sev (fine sev)
coriander leaves
Procedure :
Ragda :
Soak the white watana/ chole overnight in water. Then add a pinch of turmeric to the white watana and cook it in a pressure cooker (allow for 2 - 3 whistles as they take quite some time to cook).
Heat some oil in a pan and fry some of the chopped onion in it. Then add a pinch of hing/asafoetida to the oil. Then add 1 teaspoon of red chilli powder, half teaspoon of cumin powder and slightly less than half tea spoon of coriander powder. Then add the cooked white watana to it. Add some tamarind paste and some jaggery (as per taste) to the ragda. Add half a teaspoon of salt (as per taste) to the mixture. Add some water, stir it and let it cook it. You can even add a half teaspoon to one teaspoon of chat masala to the ragda itself.
Patties :
Boil the potatoes till they become very soft. Shell them and smash them into a paste. Take 2 -3 bread slices , remove their hard edges and soak the soft bread into water. Squeeze the bread slices till the water drains out and then add it to the smashed potatoes. (This gives a slight hardness to the pattice, some people also use cornflour for this). Grind the green chillies, ginger and garlic into a paste. Add the garlic paste to the smashed potato mixture, about one tea spoon of salt and mix them well. Roll them into small circular flat balls (or patties).Take some rava(sooji) or rice flour and cover these patties with it. Then shallow fry them in a pan till they get a golden brown covering.
Serving :
Take the pattice and pour some ragda on them. Then add some tamarind sauce, some finely chopped onion and tomato, maybe a pinch of chat masala(if needed), and some fine sev, with coriander leaves on top of it and serve it hot.
