Sweet Potato Tikki Recipe: How To Make Shakarkandi Tikki

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Sweet potato tikki is a perfect alternative if you are bored of adding potatoes to your cooking. Also known as the shakarkandi tikki, it is made by pan frying the boiled sweet potatoes with a load of Indian spices.

The sweet potato cutlet has a tinge of sweetness and tanginess of the lemon along with the spices, which makes it a perfect blend. This recipe is an all-time favourite during upvas and hence, we have used buckwheat while binding the tikki dough.

The delectable sweet potato and buckwheat tikki is a simple recipe to prepare and does not require too much of an effort while preparing it. This tikki goes best with the phalhari green chutney.

If you are longing to eat some mouth-watering snacks and want to prepare them at home, then read the step-by-step procedure along with images and also watch a video of the sweet potato tikki recipe.

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Prep Time

10 Mins

Cook Time

35M

Total Time

45 Mins

Recipe By: Meena Bhandari

Recipe Type: Snacks

Serves: 7-8

Ingredients

• Sweet potatoes (washed and cut into half) - 2 large

  Water - 4 cups

  Grated ginger - 1 tsp

  Green chillies (chopped) - 1 tsp

  Red chilli powder - 1 tsp

  Garam masala - ½ tsp

  Amchur (dry mango powder) - 1 tsp

  Chaat masala - 1 tsp

  Rock salt to taste

  Lemon juice - 2 tsp

  Corn flour - 1 tbsp

  Buckwheat (kuttu) - 1 tbsp

  Oil - 2 tbsp (for pan frying)

How to Prepare

• 1. Add water in a pressure cooker and add the sweet potatoes.

  2. Pressure cook it for up to 3-4 whistles and allow it to cool.

  3. Once it cools down, open the lid and peel the skin off the sweet potato.

  4. Mash it a little and add grated ginger and green chillies on to it.

  5. Further, add red chilli powder, garam masala, amchur and chaat masala.

  6. Then, add rock salt, lemon juice, corn flour and buckwheat.

  7. Mix well and knead it well.

  8. Divide it into equal portions and roll them into round balls with your hands.

  9. Flatten it a little like a peda.

  10. Meanwhile, add oil to a heated pan.

  11. Place the tikkis on the pan and let it pan-fry on a medium flame.

  12. The tikkis will turn brown, then carefully flip them over and let them get cooked on the other side.

  13. Serve hot.

Instructions

• 1. We use chaat masala here that has regular salt. If you are making this during any vrat, you can either skip the chaat masala or make it at home with rock salt.
• 2. If the tikki breaks while frying, you can add some more cornflour to the dough to bind it properly.
• 3. You can grill the tikkis instead of pan frying them as well.

Nutritional Information

• Serving Size - 1 tikki
• Calories - 142 cal
• Fat - 6 g
• Protein - 5 g
• Carbohydrates - 16 g
• Sugar - 4 g
• Fibre - 3 g

STEP BY STEP - HOW TO MAKE SWEET POTATO TIKKI

1. Add water in a pressure cooker and add the sweet potatoes.

2. Pressure cook it for up to 3-4 whistles and allow it to cool.

3. Once it cools down, open the lid and peel the skin off the sweet potato.

4. Mash it a little and add grated ginger and green chillies on to it.

5. Further, add red chilli powder, garam masala, amchur and chaat masala.

6. Then, add rock salt, lemon juice, corn flour and buckwheat.

7. Mix well and knead it well.

8. Divide it into equal portions and roll them into round balls with your hands.

9. Flatten it a little like a peda.

10. Meanwhile, add oil to a heated pan.

11. Place the tikkis on the pan and let it pan-fry on a medium flame.

12. The tikkis will turn brown, then carefully flip them over and let them get cooked on the other side.

13. Serve hot.