It is made during Hindu fast or vrat or upvaas like Navratri, ekadasi, maha shivratri or gauri vrat. When it comes to the fasting food, sabudana and potatoes are most commonly and widely used ingredients. I have already shared many sabudana recipes like dahi sabudana, sabudana thalipeeth, sabudana salad, sabudana dosa or sabudana pakoda. While making vada, we do add many other ingredients like ginger, cumin and peanuts. but this tikki recipe is made with very minimal ingredients. Apart from sabudana and potato, only flavoring ingredients like salt, pepper, sugar, lemon juice and chilies are added.
Ingredients1 cup Sabudana (sago or tapioca pearls)
2 small or 1 cup Potatoes boiled, peeled and mashed
3 tablespoons Cilantro or coriander leaves finely chopped
2 Green chili chopped finely
ž teaspoon Black pepper powder to taste
Rock salt (sendha namak) to taste
1 teaspoon Sugar
1 tablespoon Lemon juice
2-3 tablespoon Oil for shallow frying tikkis
Method* Wash sabudana under running cold water till water runs clear.
* Soak them in enough water for 2-3 hours or overnight. Always use shallow bowl to soak.
* After it get soaked, sabudana will swells up almost all the water and they will becomes almost triple in size.
* Drain any excess water from it using strainer. Let it drain at least 10 minutes.
* Now take drained sabudana in a bowl.
* Add all the ingredients mashed potato, chopped green chili, coriander leaves, salt, pepper, sugar and lemon juice.
* Mix everything very well. You should be able to form tikki.
* If the mixture looks loose, you can add 1-2 tablespoons of rajgira atta or singhare ka atta.
* Grease your hand with oil and start shaping the tikkis. Arrange them in a single layer on the plate.
* After forming 4-5 tikkis, the mixture may starts to stick to your hand. So wash your hands, again grease it and shape it.
* Now heat the oil in a pan on medium heat. Once hot place the tikkis.
* Flip them once the bottom side is nice golden brown and crispy.
* Once cooked from other side, remove them on the paper towel lined plate.