Let’s make Ragda Pattice in a Healthy way

Introduction:-

This High Protein Ragda Pattice recipe is a super duper delicious, healthy and easy to prepare. Ragda Pattice is a very famous dish of the street food culture in the Indian state of Maharashtra. We always love street foods but due to its unhealthy ingredients and unhealthy cooking methods we prefer to avoid it or limit the consumption. Here, we are introducing everyone’s all time favorite Ragda Pattice recipe, which is made by healthy ingredients and healthy cooking method. Now let’s talk about its benefits, that how a street food can be healthy and tasty, if we use this method with healthy alternatives, we can eat this on a regular basis.

This Ragda Pattice has several health benefits like- This chaat is made by dried peas and paneer. Dried peas (Vatana) and paneer are rich in protein. Also this recipe has variety of vegetables (beetroot, sweet potato, carrots, onion etc) are loaded with dietary fiber, vitamins and minerals. A diabetic friendly recipe and safe in your weight loss journey.

Ingredients:-

• For Ragda curry-
• Peas dry – 50 gm
• Onion – 1/2 cup
• Tomato – 1/2 cup
• Green chili – adjust to taste
• Turmeric powder – 1/3 tsp
• Salt to taste
• Coriander mint chutney – 1 tbsp
• Coriander leaves for garnishing
• Tamarind dates chutney (optional) -1 tbsp
• Curd – 2 tbsp
• For Pattice –
• Paneer – 1/2 cup
• Boiled potatoes/sweet potatoes – 1/2 cup
• 1 Carrot grated
• 1/2 Beetroot grated
• 1 Small Onion finely chopped
• Green chili – adjust to taste
• Salt to taste
• Coriander powder
• Bread crumbs – 1 bread
• Oil- 1 tbsp

Method:-

• First of all, wash the dried peas thoroughly and let it soak for at least 5-6 hours or overnight.
• In the morning drain the soaked peas, wash it well. Now take all the peas in cooker, add salt and turmeric powder. Let it boil with 4-5 whistles.

Cooking Method:-

• For ragda curry– once the peas are nicely boiled, smashed it by spatula. Add some chopped green chilli, 1/2 chopped onions, 1/2 chopped tomato, 1tsp mint chutney and 2 tbsp chopped coriander leaves. Now, let all the mixture together for more 4-5 min without covering.
• Now, Take a large bowl. Add boiled and smashed sweet potatoes/potatoes in the bowl. Now add grated paneer, all the finely chopped and grated veggies, bread crumbs and salt to your taste. Now mix well all together and make a shape of patties or tikki with the help of oil.
• Heat some little amount of oil in non-stick pan. Slighly roast all the patties on a medium flame. Flip and roast patties from both the sides equally. And turn off the flame.
  • For Plating – Take your patties into a plate. Then, add peas curry, curd, some onions, mint and tamarind chutney, chaat masala and garnish it with fresh coriander leaves.

Your High protein Ragda Pattice is ready to be served. Enjoy this as party or festival dish and let us know your experience in the comment section.

Nutritional value of Ragda Pattice (per serving) :-

Calories: 350 kcal

Carbohydrates: 50g

Protein: 10g

Fat: 8g

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