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Step 1. Boil potatoes and peel the skin. Grate potatoes instead of mashing with hands. It makes difference. Mashing with hand may release starch from potatoes and they turn gluey.
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Step 2. Add ground rice powder.
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Step 3. Add poha and mix with a spoon. It will start soaking moisture from the potatoes.
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Step 4. Add boiled peas.
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Step 5. Add spices red chili powder, chat masala, coriander powder, cumin powder, sea salt and black salt.
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Step 6. Mix it again. Keep aside.
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Step 7. Let's prepare bread crumb. Pulse bread ( It means put it in your food processor or blender or grinder and briefly pressing the "run" button several times) in a grinder for 30 seconds. Place the skillet on medium high heat. Spread the ground bread and turn the heat to low.
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Stir to avoid burn.
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After 5 minutes of slow cooking, all moisture evaporates from bread crumbs. After cooling down they turn crunchy. Take them out in a bowl.
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Step 8. In another bowl, add cornflour, paprika, cumin powder and a pinch of salt.
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Add water to make thin solution. It took me around 6-7 tablespoon of water.
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Step 9. Place a skillet on medium high heat. Add 1 teaspoon of oil. Let it heat.
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Step 10. Make a potato patty from mixture in Step 6 and sink into corn flour solution in step 8.
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Step 11. Then coat it into bread crumbs.
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Step 12. Place the patty on hot skillet. Then lower the heat and fry it till it changes colour to golden. Flip it to another side. Like wise prepare other patties.
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Step 13. When patties are done. Take them out. Put some butter on skillet and roast the buns also on medium heat. Roast the other side but don't let the colour change.
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Let's assemble the burger
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Step 14. Take the base of burger and spread tomato ketchup and a good quality mayonnaise.
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Step 15. Then arrange lettuce, potato patty, onion slices and tomato slices.
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Step 16. Then add little ketchup and mayonnaise. Put a slice of cheese. Cover the burger with top bread.
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Aloo tikki burger is ready to serve. You can pair it with mocha iced coffee or mango iced tea.