Soyabean Tikki

Ingredients:

• Potatoes 500 gms
• Soyabean nuggets(Choti soyabean) 50 gms
• Green chillies 4-5
• Cumin seeds
• Bread slices5-6
• Tomato(optional)-1
• Salt as per taste
• Coriander powder 1 tspn
• Turmeric powder  1/2 tspn
• Garam masala powder 1/2 tspn
• Coriander leaves for garnishing
• Oil for frying

Method:

• Soak soyabean in hot water for about half an hour
• Wash it later and squeeze out all the water
• In a pan put some oil and add cummin seeds,saute them till light brown in colour
• Now add chopped tomato and fry .Tomato here could be substituted with fresh lemon juice,but in that case lemon juice should be added after soyabean is cooked
• Add soyabean nuggets ,salt,turmeric powder,coriander powder and fry it further for about 2 minutes
• Add garam masala powder and mix well
• Let it cook for 2-3 min., till all the water is evaporated.
• Garnish with coriander leaves and let it cool
• Meanwhile boil the potatoes and peel them
• Mash potatoes , add salt  and crumbled bread slices(grind bread slices in mixie along with green chillies),and mix it properly
• Take a small portion of this mixture and  flat it on greased palm of your hand
• Put small amount of soyabean mix. and roll it back to form a tikki
• Now either deepfry in hot hoil or shallow fry in pan or griddle till golden brown
• Serve it with chutney or ketchup
• Note: In case of deep frying,first fry only one tikki ,if it tends to crumble then either the oil is not sufficiently hot or you need to add more bread slices in potato mixture