Potato patties with coconut filling (aloo coconut tikki)

Potato patties with coconut filling (aloo coconut tikki)

PREP TIME

15 mins

COOK TIME

20 mins

TOTAL TIME

35 mins

Servings: 3

Ingredients:
For the cover:

Boiled and mashed medium sized potatoes - 3

White bread powdered or bread crumbs - 3 slices

Salt to taste

For the coconut filling:

Grated coconut - 2 cups

Green chillies - 4

Cilantro

Asafetida - 1 tsp

Jaggery - 1/2 tsp

Curry leaves

Salt to taste

Procedure:

1. Take the mashed potatoes in a bowl
2. Add the bread crumbs and salt and mix well to make a soft dough
3. Dry roast the chillies and curry leaves until roasted and crisp
4. For the coconut filling, Grind all the filling ingredients. Grind them dry
5. Make small balls with the cover dough.
6. Make them into a shape of a deep small bowl 
7. Fill in a tsp of filling into the bowl shaped dough
8. Cover up the filling with the dough
9. Heat up a pan, add oil and shallow fry the patties both sides until nice golden brown color
10. Serve hot