I am in love with this Mumbai street food. This delicious chaat recipe from Maharashtra and Gujarat is made of two components. Ragda or white peas curry and pattice which are patties made with potatoes and spices. The pattice are topped with ragada or white peas curry, other chutneys and crunchy sev to serve as a substantial meal.
IngredientsFor Making Ragada
250 gms Dried White Peas
2 tablespoon Oil
1 teaspoon Cumin Seeds
¼ cup Chopped Onion
1 teaspoon Ginger-garlic paste
½ cup Chopped Tomatoes
1 tablespoon Chopped Green Chillies
¼ Turmeric powder
1 teaspoon Red chilli powder
1 teaspoon Coriander powder
1 teaspoon Chaat Masala
2-3 tablespoon water
For Making Pattice
350 gms Boiled Potatoes
1 teaspoon Red chilli powder
1 teaspoon Chaat Masala Powder
¼ teaspoon Turmeric Powder
Salt to taste
2-3 tablespoon Cornflour
1 teaspoon Ginger garlic paste
Coriander Leaves
MethodSteps To Perfectly Boil White Peas
- In order to make the savoury Ragada Pattice start off with washing the white peas with fresh water and then soaking them in water for 4-5 hours.
- After they are well soaked, discard the water using a mesh strainer.
- Add the soaked peas in a pressure cooker and then add some add salt and water to it. Pressure cook the peas for 3 whistles and then allow the cooker to cool naturally.
- After the cooker is cooled down, take the peas out in a bowl.
Steps To Make Ragada
- Now, to make ragda heat 2 tablespoon oil in a pan and add 1 teaspoon of cumin seeds in it.
- After that add ¼ cup of chopped onions and saute them until they become beautiful golden brown.
- After saute the onions for 2 minutes, add 1 teaspoon of ginger-garlic paste in the mix. Stir the onion and the paste well for another 1 minute in medium heat.
- When the color of the onion turns golden brown add ½ cup of chopped tomatoes in them. 1 tablespoon chopped fresh green chillies and cook them till the tomatoes turn soft.
- After a minute add the spices including ¼ turmeric powder, 1 teaspoon red chilli powder, 1 teaspoon coriander powder and a teaspoon of chaat masala in it.
- Saute all the spices well for 2-3 minutes until the color turns to brown. After the spices are sauteed add 2-3 tablespoon of water in the pan. Now, cook the spices in the pan until the tomatoes turn soft and pulpy.
- After the tomatoes are soft and pulpy add boiled white peas in them (which we have boiled earlier) . Add salt to taste. Stir the ingredients in the pan for a minute and then turn off the heat.
- Take out the delicious ragada in a plate.
- (Precaution: Since we added salt while boiling the white peas, you can adjust the amount of salt according to your preference while making the ragada.)
Steps To Make Pattice
- Take 350 gms of potatoes and boil them in a cooker. Now, peel the potatoes and mash them well in a bowl.
- Now, add coriander leaves, 1 teaspoon red chilli powder, 1 teaspoon Chaat Masala Powder, ¼ teaspoon turmeric powder and salt to taste in the bowl.
- After the spices add 1 teaspoon ginger-garlic paste and 2-3 tablespoon of cornflour (to bind the mashed potatoes and spices together) in the bowl.
- Mix the potatoes and spices well with your hands and prepare a dough of it.
- Take small parts of the well mixed potatoes and shape them in patty forms.
- Make patties/ pattice of the dough and keep them aside.
- Heat some oil in a pan and shallow fry the patty from all sides. Keep the heat to medium-high while shallow frying the patties.
- After they are shallow-fried, take all the patties out on a plate.
Steps to Assemble:
- Pour few tablespoons of ragda (that we made previously) over a plate.
- Place the hot patties on top of the ragada and serve them by sprinkling some green chillies, chopped onion, tomatoes, tamarind chutney, coriander leaves and sev on it.
- Your tangy Ragada Pattice is ready to devour.