Ragda Pattice

Ragda Pattice is very famous chaat in Mumbai. Specially in Winter Garma garam Ragda pattice is real treat for us. It is similar to chole tikki of Delhi chaat but we use dried white peas in it. When the chaatwala serves pattice placed on huge tawa and steaming Ragda in a plate …. Aha ha…just a feel of heaven. Like other chaat I love lots of imli ki chutney on it. It's a total meal itself.

Ingredients

For Pattice

Potatoes - 4-5 medium
Bread slices - 1
Cornflour - 1 teaspoon
Turmeric powder - a pinch
Green chili-garlic paste - 1 teaspoon
Salt to taste
Oil for shallow frying.

For Ragda
Dried white peas (Pandhara vatana) - 1 cup
Oil - 1 teaspoon
Chili powder - 1teaspoon
Coriander powder - 1 teaspoon
Cumin Powder -1 teaspoon
Turmeric powder - 1/2 teaspoon
Asfetida - a pinch
Salt to taste.

To serve
Shev - 1/4 cup
Imli ki chutney as per your choice
Green chutney as per your choice
Finely chopped onion - 2 medium
Chopped Coriander - 2-3 tablespoon

Procedure

For pattice
Boil and mash potatoes. Mix all the other ingredients. Now make small balls of this mixture and flatten it with palm. Give a proper tikki shape. Shallow fry it on fry pan till it turn brownish from both the side. Pattice are ready. Keep it aside.

For Ragda

Soak peas overnight. Then add water and pinch of turmeric powder and cook it in pressure cooker for 3-4 whistle. It should get cooked properly. Heat oil in kadai put turmeric powder, asafetida in it. Then add cooked peas and all other ingredients. Add 1/2 cup of water and cooked it again for 6-8 minutes. Smash peas in between. Ragda is ready.

To serve

Place two pattice in a plate. Pour hot ragda on it. Then shev, then imli ki chtney, then Green chutney, then chopped onion and coriander. If you want sprinkle chaat masala on it.

This goes to Pari's 'Only Chaat' event.