Tikki Pav

I got this pav from Harris Teeter's fresh bakery thinking of making Pav Bhaji. But, things changed and we wanted to eat Vada Pav instead but we didn't want to deep fry anything. We are attending so many parties these days and eating all oily and unhealthy stuff, we thought let's make Aloo Tikkis and use them as vadas, that is how this new recipe, a cross between a sandwich and vada pav was born.

And actually Ravi made this dish (I should have taken pictures of the tikkis he made, he is a perfectionist, I showed him how small the pav was and he made the correct size that would go with the pav and he made exactly 24 for the 24 pavs I had), I only shallow fried them in little bit of oil and arranged the tikkis in pavs.

We made this from organic russet potatoes from whole foods and some green peas.

To make this you need...

3 pototoes

1 cup green peas

1 tbsp red chilli powder

1 tbsp garam masala

1/2 tbsp amchoor powder

1/2 bunch coriander

1/2 tbsp ginger garlic paste

a pinch of turmeric

half juice of lemon

salt to taste

oil for shallow fry

pav bread

1. Boil pototoes and peas separately, remove skin from potato and mash both potatoes and peas.
2. Add powders like red chilli(you can add green chillies if you like), turmeric, garam masala, amchoor and salt.
3. Add shredded cilantro, lemon juice, and ginger garlic paste and mix everything together.
4. Make small patties of the mixture and keep aside.
5. Heat a pan, put a tbsp of oil and smear evenly on pan.
6. Depending on the size of the pan, cook all tikkis together or some at a time until the tikkis are brown on both sides and remove.
7. To arrange, cut pav into half, put some butter to the sides (we avoided this step) and toast. Smear green chutney and garlic chutney on one side and put the patties on the bottom side, top it with the other side of the bun and press a bit.
8. Do the same for the remaining buns. I made 24 small tikki pav's with this mixture.

Serve with onions and some ketchup or sauce. This was very close to Vada Pav recipe but a healthy one without a lot of oil.

Our Sunday's brunch