Aloo Tikki Burger

Vegetarian Indian style Aloo Tikki Burger has a spicy potato patty sandwiched between buns layered with cilantro mint chutney and hot sauce!

📝 Ingredients

• 5 burger buns
• 1 large tomato (sliced)
• 1 large onion (sliced)
• 4-5 lettuce leaves
• 5 cheese slices [I used pepper jack cheese]
• 4 tablespoons tomato chili ketchup [or use regular ketchup and mix 1-2 teaspoons sriracha with it]
• 4 tablespoons cilantro mint chutney
• chat masala (to sprinkle)
• 2 medium potatoes [around 420 grams]
• 1 small red onion (finely chopped [around 1/2 cup chopped onion])
• 1 medium carrot [around 1/4 cup chopped carrot]
• 1/2 cup green peas
• 1 teaspoon finely chopped garlic [from 3-4 garlic pods]
• 1/2 teaspoon finely chopped ginger
• 1 finely chopped green chili
• 1 cup bread crumbs
• 3/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/3 cup poha (soaked in 1-2 tablespoons of water)
• 1 tablespoon cornstarch
• 3 tablespoons + 2 teaspoons vegetable oil (divided)
• 1/2 teaspoon chat masala
• 1/2 teaspoon dried oregano
• 1/4 teaspoon red chili powder
• 1/4 teaspoon black salt [kala namak]
• 1/4 teaspoon dried mango powder [amchur]
• 1/4 teaspoon garam masala powder [optional]

👨‍🍳 Instructions

1. 1Soak poha in 1-2 tablespoons of water for 5 minutes. Set aside.
2. 2Meanwhile add 2 teaspoons oil to a pan on medium heat. Once oil is hot, add chopped onions and cook for a minute.
3. 3Add chopped ginger, garlic and green chili and cook for another 1-2 minutes.
4. 4Add chopped carrots and cook for 1-2 minutes. It should remain crunchy.
5. 5Now add all the spices - chat masala, dried oregano, red chili powder, black salt, dried mango powder and garam masala powder. Also add the salt and cook for a minute.
6. 6Then add mashed potatoes, green peas, soaked poha and cornstarch to the pan.
7. 7Mix till everything is well combined and remove pan from heat. At this point check seasoning and adjust accordingly. You might want to add more salt on red chili powder depending on taste.
8. 8Now make 5 equal sized patties from that potato mixture. You can get more patties if you make smaller ones.
9. 9Meanwhile heat 2-3 tablespoons oil in a pan on medium heat.
10. 10Take panko bread crumbs in a plate and take 1 of the patties and coat it with the crumbs from both the sides.
11. 11Once the oil is hot, add the bread crumb coated tikki to the pan. Repeat the same process with all the remaining tikkis.
12. 12Cook till each side of the tikki turns golden brown in color, around 2-3 minutes each side. Once all tikkis are cooked, remove from pan and place them on a kitchen towel.
13. 13To assemble the burger, cut burger buns into half. You can toast them lightly if you want.
14. 14Apply tomato chili ketchup on half of the bun and cilantro mint chutney on the other half.
15. 15Place lettuce, sliced onion, tomato on one half of the bun.
16. 16Meanwhile place the tikki on the pan, once it gets little hot place cheese slice on top. Let it be like that for a like a minute or till cheese melts slightly.
17. 17Place the tikki (with the slightly melted cheese) on top of the onion, tomato, lettuce. Sprinkle some chat masala.
18. 18Place the other half of the bun on top and enjoy your aloo tikki burger!