What happens when you have left over moong dal from the night and in no mood to make parathas for breakfast?! You google and zero in on a dal tikki recipe!! But what happens when you have a peanut sized memory?! You can't remember the recipe when you finally get making it (except for the fact that it had moong dal and may be besan in it) and then you come up with something that will be made in house forever as you and your family loved it!!
Yeah, this is what happened to me few months back, but as I was very busy, couldn't share the recipe.. Finally sharing it now!! It is so amazingly crispy and yummy, even the biggest moong dal haters (my hubby) love it!! It gives a protein packed start to your day and is so healthy!! These tikkis are naturally vegan, gluten free and low on oil (& calories too)!!
You can make this from any other leftover dal/sambhar too!! Check your fridge, do you have any leftover? then get making this!!
Oh and in case you don't have leftover and still want to make it then just pressure cook split green gram ( dhuli moong dal - mogar) with salt, turmeric and red chili powder and use it.
Before that have a look at how crispy and yummy and heavenly golden they look like!!
Ingredients:
1 cup leftover moong daal (cooked) - Any other dal will do too, adjust as per available leftover dal!!
2 Tablespoon of besan (Chick pea flour)
1 teaspoon green chili, ginger and garlic paste
2 tablespoon Idli rava (rice semolina) - if you don't have this then use regular semolina/ sooji/ rawa
Salt to taste
1/4 teaspoon turmeric powder
1/4 teaspoon chaat masala (Optional)
pinch of hing (Asafoetida - optional)
1 small onion finely cut
1 small tomato finely cut
Any other veggie that you want to sneak in (it should cook fast)
Oil for shallow frying
Method:
1) Mix everything in a mixing bowl.
2) Heat a non stick tawa/ skillet / griddle. Once it is hot enough grease it with oil.
3) Make small tikki (flat pancake) shapes in your palms and drop them on the tawa.
4) Let it cook thoroughly on one side, once it cooks flip it and cook thoroughly on other side too. You can make 2-3 tikkis (or as much as your tawa/ skillet can take) at a time.
Serve hot with green chutney or tomato ketchup!! This also makes for a great snack, starter or lunch box food!!
If you want to use even less oil then you can make these cuties in pancake popper (paniyaram pan / appa patra/ aebleskiver pan)!! I am happy to report that I've tried that and it too tastes great!!
Yeah, this is what happened to me few months back, but as I was very busy, couldn't share the recipe.. Finally sharing it now!! It is so amazingly crispy and yummy, even the biggest moong dal haters (my hubby) love it!! It gives a protein packed start to your day and is so healthy!! These tikkis are naturally vegan, gluten free and low on oil (& calories too)!!
You can make this from any other leftover dal/sambhar too!! Check your fridge, do you have any leftover? then get making this!!
Oh and in case you don't have leftover and still want to make it then just pressure cook split green gram ( dhuli moong dal - mogar) with salt, turmeric and red chili powder and use it.
Before that have a look at how crispy and yummy and heavenly golden they look like!!
1 cup leftover moong daal (cooked) - Any other dal will do too, adjust as per available leftover dal!!
2 Tablespoon of besan (Chick pea flour)
1 teaspoon green chili, ginger and garlic paste
2 tablespoon Idli rava (rice semolina) - if you don't have this then use regular semolina/ sooji/ rawa
Salt to taste
1/4 teaspoon turmeric powder
1/4 teaspoon chaat masala (Optional)
pinch of hing (Asafoetida - optional)
1 small onion finely cut
1 small tomato finely cut
Any other veggie that you want to sneak in (it should cook fast)
Oil for shallow frying
Method:
1) Mix everything in a mixing bowl.
2) Heat a non stick tawa/ skillet / griddle. Once it is hot enough grease it with oil.
3) Make small tikki (flat pancake) shapes in your palms and drop them on the tawa.
4) Let it cook thoroughly on one side, once it cooks flip it and cook thoroughly on other side too. You can make 2-3 tikkis (or as much as your tawa/ skillet can take) at a time.
Serve hot with green chutney or tomato ketchup!! This also makes for a great snack, starter or lunch box food!!
If you want to use even less oil then you can make these cuties in pancake popper (paniyaram pan / appa patra/ aebleskiver pan)!! I am happy to report that I've tried that and it too tastes great!!
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Nice idea dear...tikkis look tempting
ReplyDeleteOH... these do look absolutely delicious....
ReplyDeleteThanks Rafee..
Deletetikkis look very yumm and perfectly made. Nice presentation with one above the other and chutney on top. Yumm..
ReplyDeleteThanks Lisha :)
Deletelooks very crunchy and perfect tea time snack. I love to use leftover in different forms, can't have it same way again.
ReplyDeleteIndeed perfect as tea time snack..
DeleteWow looks so crispy and yummy pankti...will try this for sure..
ReplyDeleteWould love to know how you liked it :)
Deletedelicious snack, and quit easy too :)
ReplyDeleteIt is indeed very easy to make..
DeleteI can understand why the tikki was much loved. I can see the deliciousness and crispiness as clear as possible.
ReplyDeleteThey are indeed loved for that crispness :)
DeleteWow a different tikkis .Looks so yummy and colorful Do we need to cook the semolina before ?Will it be cooked when we add it to the tikkis ?
ReplyDeleteNo need to cook semolina before. Sorry for the late reply, was busy..
Deletetikkis looks so crispy and yummy. healthy recipe. surely make a try.
ReplyDeleteThanks Gayathri :)
DeleteLovely dish...tempting pics too :-)
ReplyDeleteThanks Rani :)
DeleteThis is a great idea to use leftover daal.
ReplyDeleteThanks Balvinder :)
DeletePics are stunning,recipe looks great
ReplyDeleteThanks Harini :)
DeleteDal tikki looks crispy and tasty!
ReplyDeleteThanks Sonali :)
Deletethese tikkis look perfectly crisp and can imagine the burst of delicious flavors with green chutney, perfect tea accompaniment,thanks so much for sharing :-)
ReplyDeleteIndeed perfect with tea!! Thanks for kind words..
DeleteInteresting n tempting tikis.
ReplyDeleteThanks :)
DeleteThanks Shweta :)
ReplyDeleteWonderful healthy tikkis, this give me more options for my fooding :) Following u now! Also visit me when ur free, follow me back and stay in touch :)
ReplyDeleteThank you :) and sorry for the late reply. i was on a break. i would surely visit your space at the first chance :)
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