RAGADA PATTICE

Ragada pattice is a famous Mumbai Chaat dish.  Whenever you eat paani puri, dahi puri, bhel etc. this item is also available in the stall  with the masalas in it topped with tomato, onion, the puris or sev etc. which is mouth watering. The  It is made out of aloo pattice and the gravy is made with  white watana (dried white peas).  It is a nice snack item in the evening you can serve hot.

Ragada pattice

The process involves:

Prepration of  ragada
Preparation of  pattice
making the ragada pattice

Let us look at the recipe now:

for making pattice:

3 medium size potato boiled, peeled and mashed.
1 tbsp chopped coriander leaves
salt as per taste
1/2 tsp corn flour
Juice of half lime
a pinch of turmeric powder.
oil for shallow frying.

Method:

Put the mashed aloo in a vessel.  add the chopped coriander leaves, salt, lime juice, turmeric powder, corn flour  and mix well.  make a dough of it.  equally divide the same and make small balls out of it.  just press between your palm to flatten the same and roll the disc in your hand to  make the sides even.  heat a tava, apply some oil and place the pattice  on it, add some oil and shallow fry them till both the sides becomes brown in colour.

Your pattice is ready.

before shallow frying

after shallow frying

for making ragada

1/2 cup white watana (dried white peas)
a pinch of turmeric powder
salt as per taste
1/4 tsp chilli powder

Method:

wash and soak the dried peas overnight or for 8 hours.  pressure cook them for one whistle with salt, turmeric powder. Should ensure that the same is cooked properly.  add the chilli powder and bring to boil and keep aside




Other items required:

chopped tomatoes
chopped onion
chopped coriander leaves
nylon sev
or paani puris puri, sev puris flat puris
chaat masala
roasted cumin powder
black salt
normal salt
sweet chutney
green chutney
theeka chutney


Now making the ragda pattice:


Place two  pattice in a deep plate. just cut the pattice into pieces with spoon.  Pour the hot ragada on top of the pattice. put tomato chopped, onion chopped on top of it.  put black salt, roasted cumin powder, chaat masala, sweet chutney, hot theeka chutney, green chutney and mix well.  again put chopped onion, tomatoes.  top it with nylon sev and coriander leaves and serve hot.

Note:  You can also top it with  crushed paani puris puri, sev puris flat puri.  You can add a dash of lime juice if you wish.

we can make ragada pattice with samosas too.  in place of aloo tikki, use the samosas.

watch the vide on YouTube:  ragada pattice