Avarekalu Tikki Recipe
A vegetarian Karnataka recipe with avarekalu / lilva beans, potatoes (aloo) - boiled and peeled, sweet potatoes - boiled and peeled. Ready in 40 min, serves 4.
Curated byKavya Sharma🇮🇳
Instructions
15 steps- 1
To begin making the Avarekalu Tikki Recipe Recipe, first prep all the ingredients and keep them ready
avarekalu / lilva beans(1 cup) - 2
Boil the potatoes in the pressure cooker, peel and keep them aside
potatoes (aloo) - boiled and peeled(3)sweet potatoes - boiled and peeled(2) - 3
In the same pressure cooker add the avarekalu with some water and salt and boil it for 3 whistles
avarekalu / lilva beans(1 cup)salt - to taste - 4
Leave it aside to release the pressure naturally
- 5
In a bowl, add in both the boiled regular potatoes and sweet potatoes, cooked avarekalu beans, a teaspoon of grated ginger, two roughly chopped green chilies, a large finely chopped onion, spice powder, chopped mint leaves, coriander leaves and some salt to taste
avarekalu / lilva beans(1 cup)potatoes (aloo) - boiled and peeled(3)sweet potatoes - boiled and peeled(2)ginger - grated(1 teaspoon)green chillies - finely chopped(2)onion - finely chopped(1)coriander powder (dhania)(1 tablespoon)garam masala powder(1 tablespoon)cumin powder (jeera)(1 tablespoon)turmeric powder (haldi)(1 teaspoon)mint leaves (pudina) - chopped(1/4 cup)coriander (dhania) leaves - chopped(1/4 cup)salt - to taste - 6
Use your hand to mash them until the potatoes are coarsely mashed and all the ingredients come together
potatoes (aloo) - boiled and peeled(3)sweet potatoes - boiled and peeled(2) - 7
Once it is mixed well, shape them into kebabs or tikkis
- 8
Grease your fingers with a little oil and shape the potato dough into bite size tikkis or large lemon size balls
- 9
Proceed the similar way with the remaining mixture
- 10
You can also shape the dough in the form of a cylinder like the kebabs, dust them in breadcrumbs and insert them into a skewer and grill them
- 11
I will now place the tikkis over a heated flat pan for about 15 minutes on either side until lightly browned
- 12
Drizzle some oil on each of the tikkis
- 13
If you want it to be crisper then you can drizzle some more oil on top of the aloo tikkis
- 14
The oil will give them a soft and yet crisp texture
- 15
Serve the Avarekalu Tikki Recipe along with Masala Chai and Mavinakayi Chitranna Recipe for your evening snack
avarekalu / lilva beans(1 cup)garam masala powder(1 tablespoon)
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Avarekalu Tikki Recipe
A vegetarian Karnataka recipe with avarekalu / lilva beans, potatoes (aloo) - boiled and peeled, sweet potatoes - boiled and peeled. Ready in 40 min, serves 4.
Curated byKavya Sharma🇮🇳
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Directions
15 steps- 1
To begin making the Avarekalu Tikki Recipe Recipe, first prep all the ingredients and keep them ready
avarekalu / lilva beans(1 cup) - 2
Boil the potatoes in the pressure cooker, peel and keep them aside
potatoes (aloo) - boiled and peeled(3)sweet potatoes - boiled and peeled(2) - 3
In the same pressure cooker add the avarekalu with some water and salt and boil it for 3 whistles
avarekalu / lilva beans(1 cup)salt - to taste - 4
Leave it aside to release the pressure naturally
- 5
In a bowl, add in both the boiled regular potatoes and sweet potatoes, cooked avarekalu beans, a teaspoon of grated ginger, two roughly chopped green chilies, a large finely chopped onion, spice powder, chopped mint leaves, coriander leaves and some salt to taste
avarekalu / lilva beans(1 cup)potatoes (aloo) - boiled and peeled(3)sweet potatoes - boiled and peeled(2)ginger - grated(1 teaspoon)green chillies - finely chopped(2)onion - finely chopped(1)coriander powder (dhania)(1 tablespoon)garam masala powder(1 tablespoon)cumin powder (jeera)(1 tablespoon)turmeric powder (haldi)(1 teaspoon)mint leaves (pudina) - chopped(1/4 cup)coriander (dhania) leaves - chopped(1/4 cup)salt - to taste - 6
Use your hand to mash them until the potatoes are coarsely mashed and all the ingredients come together
potatoes (aloo) - boiled and peeled(3)sweet potatoes - boiled and peeled(2) - 7
Once it is mixed well, shape them into kebabs or tikkis
- 8
Grease your fingers with a little oil and shape the potato dough into bite size tikkis or large lemon size balls
- 9
Proceed the similar way with the remaining mixture
- 10
You can also shape the dough in the form of a cylinder like the kebabs, dust them in breadcrumbs and insert them into a skewer and grill them
- 11
I will now place the tikkis over a heated flat pan for about 15 minutes on either side until lightly browned
- 12
Drizzle some oil on each of the tikkis
- 13
If you want it to be crisper then you can drizzle some more oil on top of the aloo tikkis
- 14
The oil will give them a soft and yet crisp texture
- 15
Serve the Avarekalu Tikki Recipe along with Masala Chai and Mavinakayi Chitranna Recipe for your evening snack
avarekalu / lilva beans(1 cup)garam masala powder(1 tablespoon)
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