Sweet Potato Tikki

Ingredients list for Sweet Potato Tikki

• 2 cups Sweet potatoes boiled and mashed
• 1 cup Chickpeas (kabuli chana) boiled
• 1 cup Water chestnuts
• to taste Salt
• 2 teaspoons Roasted cumin seeds
• 5-6 Garlic cloves chopped
• 1 tablespoon Red chilli flakes
• to taste Crushed black peppercorns
• 1 tablespoon Fresh coriander leaves chopped
• ½ cup Cranberries roughly chopped
• for shallow frying Oil

Method

1. Grind together chickpeas, water chestnuts and salt into a coarse paste.
2. Take the mashed sweet potatoes in a bowl. Add the ground paste, salt, cumin seeds, garlic, chilli flakes, crushed peppercorns, coriander leaves and cranberries and mix well.
3. Heat some oil in a non-stick pan.
4. Divide the mixture into equal portions and shape them into medium sized patties or falafels.
5. Place the falafels in the pan and shallow-fry, turning sides, till golden and evenly done from both sides. Drain on absorbent paper.
6. Serve hot garnished with a mint sprig.