How to Make Ragda Patties

Learn how to make Ragda Patties. This is a homemade recipe for all time favorite street food, ragda patties. It's a healthy combination of potato patties with dried green or white peas. This is a healthy version of a patties because it is full of vegetables and non fried. This patties can be served individually with sweet and green chutney and sev. But it gives amazing  taste with peas ragda. This can be served as single menu for dinner. Ragda Patties is a stomach filling snack also. One who want to avoid dinner this can be a perfect choice.

Preparation time - 20 minutes
Cooking time - 35 to 40 minutes
Serves - 4 person


Ingredients to make Ragda Patties:


For patties:


3 to 4 boiled and mashed potatoes (approx. 2 cups)
2 table spoon finely chopped onion
2 table spoon finely chopped capsicum
2 table spoon finely chopped cabbage
2 table spoon grated carrot
5 to 6 finely chopped green chilies
2 table spoon finely chopped coriander leaves
1/2 tea spoon grated ginger
Salt to taste
1 table spoon sugar
1/2 lemon juice
Dry bread crumbs for binding
Oil for shallow frying


For Ragda:


1 cup dry green or white peas - soaked
1 table spoon oil
1 tea spoon cumin seeds
1 onion finely chopped
1 tea spoon garlic paste
1 tea spoon ginger paste
4 to 5 green chilies finely chopped
Salt to taste
1 tea spoon turmeric powder
1 table spoon red chili powder
1/2 table spoon cumin seeds powder 
1/2 table spoon dry coriander powder
1 table spoon tomato sauce
1 table spoon jaggery 
1 tea spoon lemon juice
1 small tomato finely chopped
1/4 cup finely chopped coriander leaves


To serve with:


Sweet chutney
sev
finely chopped onion
finely chopped coriander


Method to make Ragda Patties:


For Patties:

• Mix all the ingredients in a big mixing bowl and add spices to it.
• Make medium size balls from it and give them flat patties shape.
• Shallow fry patties on a non stick griddle - tavi at medium flame. Cook till they are light brown. 

For Ragda:

• Soak peas for 5 to 6 hours in warm water. Drain water and add another fresh water in pressure cooker (approx. 2 cups). Cook them in pressure cooker till 3 whistles by adding salt. Let it cool at room temp.
• Heat oil in a pan and add cumin seeds to it. When it crackles add green chilies, ginger paste and garlic paste. Cook for 1 minutes, add onion and let it cook for 2 minutes.
• Now add boiled peas and all dry spices to it. 
• Add tomatoes, tomato sauce, lemon juice and jaggery.
• Let it cook till boiling temp.
• Add coriander leaves.

How to assemble:

• Place 2 patties in a serving plate and cover it with piping hot ragda. 
• Garnish with sweet chutney, sev, onion and coriander.
• Hot and healthy Ragda patties are ready to serve.