MORAIYA TIKKI

Ingredients

•   Samo or moraiyo, Varai -1/2 cup

•   Potatoes boiled-4 medium size

•   Green chilies,chopped-1.5 tsp

•   Ginger chopped- 1tsp

•   Fresh coriander chopped- 3 tbsp

•   Pepper powder - 1tsp

•   Cumin seeds - 1 tsp

•   Mango powder - 1.5 tsp

•   Salt to taste

•   Cooking oil/Ghee- 3 tbsp 

Method

1  Add sama and 1 and 1/4 cup water in the pressure cooker and pressure cook for 3 whistles on medium heat.

2  When cooker cooled down completely then take out the cooked sama in a bowl and mash with a spoon and then let it come to room temperature.

3  Mix together grated potato, sama and all the ingredients and mash well.(the proportion of cooked sama and boiled potato mixture should be almost same)

4  Grease your palms and make patties of same size from the mixture.

5  Heat oil/ghee in a flat nonstick pan and shallow fry the patties on medium flame till  they become golden and crisp from both the sides. avoid deep frying

6  Drain on a paper napkin and serve hot.

Note

you can also add 2 tbsp of crushed peanuts