Mumbai-Masala: Hot and Spicy: Ragda Patties

Ragda patties

Ingredients

For patties
5 medium sized boiled potatoes - mashed,
breadcrumbs or rice flour or corn starch,
salt to taste.

For ragda
2 cups white peas,
1 teaspoon turmeric powder,
1 teaspoon each, ginger-garlic paste,
1 medium sized onion,
1 tomato(optional)
chili powder, salt,
1 teaspoon each coriander and cumin powder,

For sweet chutney
1/2 cup pulp of dates (soak dates in hot water for 1/2 an hour, seed and grind them. Strain to get a smooth paste),
1/4 cup tamarind pulp,
1/4 cup jaggery or sugar,

For spicy green chutney

1/2 bunch coriander leaves, 1/2 bunch mint leaves
green chilies,(amount varies as per the taste)
a pinch of salt.
1 tsp cumin seeds.

For spicy red chutney

10 red chilies - boil them in water. Remove when soft and seed
4-5 garlic cloves,
water.
salt.

For garnishing

Yellow thin sev, (Indian fried noodles)
finely chopped coriander leaves,
finely chopped onions,
crushed puris of pani puri(optional).
chat masala,

Method:

1. Soak the white peas overnight. If you are in a hurry, soak them for 4 hours in hot water. Wash and add some salt, turmeric powder and water. Pressure cook until soft.

2. Add bread crumbs or rice flour or corn starch to mashed potatoes. Add salt. Make small 1 inch diameter balls of the mixture and flatten them.

3. Heat a griddle. Pour some oil. Arrange the patties one by one on the heated griddle. Once the bottom side is crisp and brown, flip them over. Likewisem, shallow fry all the patties.

4. Chop onions and tomatoes.

5. Heat 2 tablespoon oil in a pan. add onion pieces, saute for a minute. Add tomatoes, ginger-garlic paste and fry for 5 minutes.

6. Now add boiled peas, coriander-cumin powder, chili powder, salt and some water for desired consistency. cover and cook for 10 minutes. for 10 minutes. Ragda is ready.

7.Grind all the ingredients of sweet chutney with some water into a fine paste. In the same way, make spicy green chutney. Also grind together items menitioned for spicy red chutney.

8. To serve, arrange patties in a serving dish, pour some ragda on top so that they get covered completely. Add sweet chutney and spicy chutneys.

9. Sprinkle chat masala. Garnish with thin sev, coriander leaves, onions and crushed puris.

Ragda patties
Ingredients
For patties 5 medium sized boiled potatoes - mashed, breadcrumbs or rice flour or corn starch, salt to taste. For ragda 2 cups white peas, 1 teaspoon turmeric powder, 1 teaspoon each, ginger-garlic paste, 1 medium sized onion, 1 tomato(optional) chili powder, salt, 1 teaspoon each coriander and cumin powder, For sweet chutney 1/2 cup pulp of dates (soak dates in hot water for 1/2 an hour, seed and grind them. Strain to get a smooth paste), 1/4 cup tamarind pulp, 1/4 cup jaggery or sugar, For spicy green chutney 1/2 bunch coriander leaves, 1/2 bunch mint leaves green chilies,(amount varies as per the taste) a pinch of salt. 1 tsp cumin seeds. For spicy red chutney 10 red chilies - boil them in water. Remove when soft and seed 4-5 garlic cloves, water. salt. For garnishing Yellow thin sev, (Indian fried noodles) finely chopped coriander leaves, finely chopped onions, crushed puris of pani puri(optional). chat masala,
Method: 1. Soak the white peas overnight. If you are in a hurry, soak them for 4 hours in hot water. Wash and add some salt, turmeric powder and water. Pressure cook until soft. 2. Add bread crumbs or rice flour or corn starch to mashed potatoes. Add salt. Make small 1 inch diameter balls of the mixture and flatten them. 3. Heat a griddle. Pour some oil. Arrange the patties one by one on the heated griddle. Once the bottom side is crisp and brown, flip them over. Likewisem, shallow fry all the patties. 4. Chop onions and tomatoes. 5. Heat 2 tablespoon oil in a pan. add onion pieces, saute for a minute. Add tomatoes, ginger-garlic paste and fry for 5 minutes. 6. Now add boiled peas, coriander-cumin powder, chili powder, salt and some water for desired consistency. cover and cook for 10 minutes. for 10 minutes. Ragda is ready. 7.Grind all the ingredients of sweet chutney with some water into a fine paste. In the same way, make spicy green chutney. Also grind together items menitioned for spicy red chutney. 8. To serve, arrange patties in a serving dish, pour some ragda on top so that they get covered completely. Add sweet chutney and spicy chutneys. 9. Sprinkle chat masala. Garnish with thin sev, coriander leaves, onions and crushed puris.