Sawa ke chawal ki tikki and vada

Sama ke chawal combined with boiled potatoes to form this falahari crispy fritters.

📝 Ingredients

• 1/2 cup Sawa Rice
• 1-1/4 cup Water
• 2 big Boiled and Peeled potatoes
• 1 big Green chili, chopped
• 1/4 -1/2 teaspoon Red chili powder
• 1/2 -1 teaspoon Coriander powder (sukha dhaniya) ((omit if you do not eat in vrat))
• 1/2 -1 tablespoon Chopped cilantro leaves
• Salt to taste (Vrat salt - Sendha namak)
• Oil for Frying

👨‍🍳 Instructions

1. 1Measure Sawa rice.
2. 2In a pressure cooker; add sawa rice...
3. 3And water. Close the lid and pressure cook for 4-5 whistles. Simultaneously boil the potatoes either in the microwave or in another pressure cooker. Same way sawa rice can be boiled in the microwave (explained above).
4. 4This is how it will look like all cooked and water all soaked up.
5. 5Transfer it to a plate and allow them to cool down completely. They should not have any water left in them or else it will make the tikki dough too sticky and difficult to work with.
6. 6Assemble: rest of the ingredients. Boil potatoes and peel them.
7. 7In a large bowl mash potatoes and add all the ingredients on by one.
8. 8Mix till well blended with all the masalas.
9. 9Add in cooled sawa rice..
10. 10And mix it well.
11. 11Shape them in the form of tikki. If it feels sticky apply a drop of oil in your palms and shape them.
12. 12You could even shape them as vadas. Make a pit/hole in the center of the tikki..
13. 13And there you have it perfectly shaped vada. Or you can even shape them cylindrical as fritters (as shown above).
14. 14Heat oil in a kadhai and when the oil is hot, lower the flame.
15. 15Fry these tikkis till they are golden brown in color.
16. 16Take them out and rest them on a paper towel to get rid of all the excess oil.
17. 17If shaping them as vadas - enjoy them as Dahi vadas. Dip these fried vadas in hot water till they are soft. Squeeze out the excess water and dip them in well beaten curd that is flavored with salt and red chili powder. Drizzle some green chutney and enjoy.
18. 18If shaped as fritters - nothing much is left to do - just dip and eat.
19. 19Enjoy these crispy sawa rice tikkis with vrat ki chutney.