Noodles Tikki

Ingredients

• 1 pack Maggi masala noodles
• 2 white/wheat Bread slices
• 1 big Potato
• 1/4 cup fresh/frozen green Peas
• 1 Carrot,finely chopped
• 1 Capsicum,finely chopped
• 1 Onion,finely chopped
• 2-3 Green chillies,finely chopped
• 1 tsp Ginger-Garlic paste
• 1/4 cup chopped fresh Coriander leaves
• 1/2 tsp Garam masala
• 1/2 tsp Chaat masala
• juice of 1/2 Lemon
• 1 tsp Oil
• Salt to taste

To coat

• 2 tbsp Maida
• 3/4 cup approximately Bread crumbs
• Oil,for shallow frying

Method

1. Bread the noodles into small pieces(do not drop the whole noodle block) before preparing them.Prepare maggi noodles with taste maker according to the instructions given on the pack.I told you that we just need only half packet to make tikkis and guess what I did with the remaining half?? so simple..I just ate the piping hot noodles while the remaining portion is being cooled.I love maggi very much that I can eat it any time of the day.If you are not in a mood to eat,prepare just half a packet of noodles for the tikkis.(you can either add or avoid adding the taste maker).
2. Boil potatoes and green peas in microwave or cooker and slightly mash them and keep them aside.Mash the potatoes well and mash the peas lightly.
3. Drop finely chopped carrots and capsicum in hot water and keep for 2 mins and strain them and keep aside.
4. Heat a tsp of oil in a pan and add finely chopped green chillies and fry well and add finely chopped onions and ginger-garlic paste and fry slightly until they are translucent.Cool the mixture.
5. Tear the bread slices and run them in a mixer to a coarse powder.
6. In a big bowl add mashed potatoes and green peas,blanched carrot and capsicum,fried onion and green chilli mixture,finely chopped coriander,lemon juice and ground bread crumbs and mix well.
7. Add salt,garam masala and chaat masala to it and mix it well again.Take care that everything is mixed well as once we add noodles we cannot mix it thoroughly.
8. Add cooked and cooled noodles to it and gently mix in the vegetable mixture.Do not knead the mixture,gently handle it otherwise noodles turn to a paste loosing its texture.
9. Start making round tikkis of 2 " wide and 3/4 " thickness with the mixture.You will get around 12-14 tikkis with this mixture.
10. Make a slurry out of maida,mix maida with 4-5 tbsp water and whisk well to form a thin paste.It should neither be very thick nor very thin.
11. Arrange bread crumbs on a wide plate and spread them.
12. With the help of spoon drop one tikki at a time in the slurry and then drop it into the bread crumb mixture.With the help of your hands coat the bread crumbs all over the tikki and arrange it on a plate.Repeat the process for all the tikkis and arrange them in a single layer on a plate.
13. Cover the plate with a cling film or a plate and refrigerate for an hour.This helps the cutlet to be firm and hold its shape especially when deep frying.You can avoid this step if you are pressed for time.
14. Apply few tbsp of oil on a thick hot tawa and arrange the cutlets in a single layer and shallow fry them on both sides until golden and crisp.You can even deep fry if you are making for a big crowd(but make sure you rest them in fridge for an hour at least before frying).
15. Sprinkle some chaat masala over the cutlets and serve them hot