Ragada Patties

Ingredients

For the Patties

Potatoes – 3 potatoes
Peas – 1 small cup
Bread crumbs- 1 small cup
Semolina(rava)-2tbsp
Chilli pdr to taste
Salt to Taste
Oil for frying

For Ragada

White Peas-1 cup
Onions- 1 large
Green Chillies-2
Oil/ghee-2tbsp
Coriander seeds (Dhania)- 1 teaspoon
Fennel seeds ( sounf)- 1 teaspoon
2 inch Cinnamon pieces
3 Cardamoms
6 Garlic petals
1/2 inch piece of Ginger
Handful of Fresh green Cilantro (Coriander) leaves chopped finely.
Two pinches Asafoetida (Hing)
tamarind –lemon sizes(take the juice)

Method

For Ragada

1. Soak the white peas overnight.
2. Cook them in the Pressure cooker.
3. Cut the onions and fry it in 1 tsp oil/ghee.Add green chillies,garlic, ginger,Dhania seeds, cinnamon, fennel seeds, cardamoms, garlic petals
4. Allow the above mixture to cool, and then grind it to a smooth paste adding the tamarind juice for the gravy.
5. Heat a little oil in the pan, add finely cut onion and asafoetida ,fry it and add the ground paste, and the cooked white peas. Add little water. Add salt to taste and coriander leaves. Your ragada is ready. Now make the patties.

For Patties

1. Boil the peas and potatoes( peel them) adding salt and mash them .
2. Add oil in a hot pan and add chilli pdr,mashed peas and potatoes ,Bread crumbs,Semolina(rava) and mix it well.
3. Knead the mixture to form a dough-like ball.
4. Make 8-10 equal portions (balls) of the above mixture, and flatten them by hand to form the pattties.
5. In a hot tawa brush some oil and start putting the patties.pour some oil over each patties and shallow fry them when one side is golden brown turn to the other side and fry till it turns golden brown.You can press the patty every now and then with a flat spatula..The rawa and bread crumbs will make it crispy outside.

The patties can be deep fried in hot oil also.

While serving, Put the patties in the bowl, and then put ragada on it. You may add Tamarind Chutney ,Coriander Chutney,lightly beaten curd,finely cut onion and cilantro to it for making it more tasty.