Ragada Pattice

Ragada Pattice is common evening snacks in Mumbai,India.I got this recipe from a friend who is from Mumbai...

Ingredients :

For Ragada :
Yellow chick peas - 1 1/2 cups.. soaked overnight and pressure cooked for 4 whistles

Onions - 1 medium diced

Tomato - 1/2 diced

Garlic paste - 1 tbspoon

Garam masala powder - 4 tspoon

Red chili powder - 2 tspoon

Salt - as per ur taste

Water - as per ur requirement

Pattice :

Potatoes - 5-6 medium boiled and peeled, smashed

Chat masala - 2 tspoon

Peas - 1/4 cup depending on ur potatoe(optional,I didn't add)

Salt - as per ur taste

Rice flour - 2 tbspoon

Bread crumbs - half a plate (this is for coating the pattice before shallow frying it )

Garnishing :

Onions - 1 diced

coriander leaves - 1 small bunch diced

Green chutney - any brand from Indian grocery store..mix of coriander & mint leaves chutney is best..

Tamarind date chutney - any brand fromIndian grocery store

Thin sev - 3 tbspoon

Method -

For Ragada :

1) Boil yellow chick peas in cooker for 4 whistles.

2)In a vessel, put oil, add diced onions,stir for couple of secs.. now add garlic paste. Stir nicely.

3)When onions turn transparent.. add diced tomatoes. Stir nicely.

4)When oil starts separately from onion, tomatoes and when they both r done.. add garam masala, Red chilli powder, salt and stir nicely.

5)Now add boiled chick peas and water and give it a nice stir.

6)Let them cook for sometime and thats it.. Ragada is ready.

For Pattice :

1) Boil potatoes, peel and smash them nicely

2)To this potatoes add peas, rice flour, chat masala, salt and mix nicely.

3)Take a small round and pat with both ur hands.

4) Coat both the sides with bread crumbs

5)take a griddle/tawa.. put some oil.. and put this pattice..

6)let them cook.. keep turning..

7)once u get a brown color on both the sides.. remove them from the griddle.

Take some pattice in a plate.. Pour some ragada over them, put green chutney, tamarind chutney, sev, onions, coriander leaves.And now Ragada Pattice is ready to eat.. enjoy