BEETROOT TIKKI

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Beet, Beets, Chukandar or Beetroots are loaded with too many nutrients, they are immunity booster and helpful in detoxing your liver . It is said that it should be consumed raw if you want to take maximum benefit of it. The easiest way is to have it in salads and juices. Last month I had posted tomato and beetroot soup recipe and this is my second recipe of beetroot. Many people are not easy with its taste, so I have included it in tikkis, healthy as well as tasty. In this recipe I have used Microwaved beetroot, as beetroots are harder than potato and take much time in boiling, so if you are planning to boil it, first boil beetroot for 1 whistle let the pressure settles down, open the lid and then add potatoes in pressure cooked for further boiling. When it comes to health I switch to non stick griddle in place of my regular tawa. Now coming to the recipe, Ingredients required and detailed instructions of the recipe are as follows:

Beetroot : 1 big size (boiled or microwaved)
Potatoes: 3-4 medium(boiled )
Green chillies: 2(chopped)
Ginger : 1” grated
Coriander leaves: 2 tablespoon chopped
Salt - to taste
Red chilli powder: ¼ teaspoon
Garam masala powder: ½ teaspoon
Amchur powder: 1 teaspoon
Bread slices: 2 for binding (soaked in water and immediately squeezed)
Oil: 1 table spoon for shallow frying
Method:
Grate potatoes, add salt, green chillies, ginger, coriander leaves, redchilli powder, garam masala powder, amchur powder and bread slices.
Now grate beetroot to it, mix well .
Make tikkis of desired shape.
Heat non stick griddle, pour some oil , place tikkis over it.
on a medium heat shallow fry all the tikkis from both sides till golden in color.
Serve hot with chutney or sauce of your choice.

Tips:
1. Wash 3-4 beetroots thoroughly place them on the turntable of your microwave, Micro High for 6-7 minutes, they will cook and soften, you can refrigerate them for 1 day , peel and use when required.
2. Red potatoes( lal aloo) are ideal for tikkis , because the quality of starch available in them is very good, you don’t need any binding material (bread , corn flour etc.) with them.
You can also try Paneer and Potato tikki with sweet tamrind chutney
Here is the recipe of green chutney