Luke Coutinho (Designed by Priyanka Vithlani, Meal planning analyst)
Delicious, healthy and Nutrition rich tikki with the goodness of Spinach and Chickpeas which is not only easy to make but also serves as a delicacy for all ages to relish, savoury and enjoy every bite filled with the goodness and crunch.
Squeeze out excess water from chopped, blanched spinach and place in a grinder jar. Add chopped green chillies, garlic cloves, ginger and grind.
Add boiled chickpeas and grind again.
Add salt, garam masala powder, chaat masala and grind into a coarse mixture.
Transfer into a bowl and refrigerate for 15-20 minutes.
After removing it out from the refrigerator, add soaked poha to the spinach mixture and mix well.
Grease your palms with oil and divide the spinach mixture into equal portions and shape them into balls/tikkis as per choice.
Place tikkis in the pan and shallow-fry, turning sides till evenly golden from both sides.
Drain on absorbent paper.
Serve hot with fresh coriander chutney.
Notes
Chickpeas are rich in fibre, iron, vitamin B (folate) and calcium. Folate is a B vitamin present abundantly in spinach that is imperative to healthy infant development.
Relish and enjoy the hot snack or roll it with in a roti too as per choice and preferences.
Prefer garden grown or organic spinach always.
Variations:
One can replace white chickpeas with black chana/ lobhia/ rajma (pre-soaked).
One can replace the chickpeas with steamed sprouts too.