Ragda Patties Recipe: Mumbai Ragda Patties Recipe

Finally, here comes one more post, which is belongs to a list of posts, which I am waiting to post. Oh… that was a good rhyme

Ragda Patties or Ragda Pattice is a favorite chaat recipe. My three favorite chaat recipes at any chaat counter would be of course Ragda Pattice and Pani Puri and Sev Puri. I would gorge on Ragda Patties along with Mumbai-Bombay Mysore Masala Dosa and the tasty Bombay Veg Sandwiches quite often as a kid.

Later, due to hygiene and energy reasons, I stopped eating out. Till today, I rarely eat out. So, the option is to make these recipes at home: making them in a clean, hygienic manner and with lots of love and positive energy. After doing meditation for years, I have become sensitive to the energy in foods, especially of the person making it. I instantly come to know in what emotional and mental state the person has cooked the food. Thus I avoid eating out even in the upmarket restaurants and five star hotels. When, there is no option and I have to eat out, I charge the food with Reiki Energy or Love and then have it.

Now here again, comes a detailed recipe with step by step pictures on this blog for making Ragda Patties at home. Its even easy for a novice. Its a complete meal in itself with:

• the proteins coming from the yellow peas in the ragda,
• the carbs and fats coming from the potatoes in the patties and
• the minerals-vitamins coming from the green chutney, sweet chutney, onions, cilantro, lemon juice used for topping the Ragda patties.

You can have it a snack during brunch or in between meals. So here goes the recipe for Ragda Patties.

Ingredients for Ragda Patties: Servings 2-3

For the Potato Patties/Pattice

• 4 potatoes
• 3 tbsp cornflour
• salt
• ghee or oil for frying the patties

For Topping the and Garnishing the Ragda Patties

• 2 cups Ragda

• 1 cup mint-coriander chutney (green chaat chutney)

• 1 cup sweet chaat chutney made from tamarind, jaggery and dates.

• 1 onion, finely chopped
• 1/2 cup cilantro/coriander leaves, finely chopped
• 1 tomato, finely chopped (optional)

• 1 cup fine sev

• chaat masala
• black salt
• roasted cumin seeds powder (bhuna jeera powder)
• red chili powder (optional)
• Lemon Juice (optional)
• grated or finely chopped raw mango (optional and if available in season)

How to make the Ragda Patties:

Making the Potato Patties:

• First take the potatoes. Of course……. I know you will do it

• Wash the potatoes and then boil till they are cooked completely.

• When the potatoes are still warm, peel the potatoes.

• Mash the potatoes. Add cornflour and salt to the mashed potatoes. A tip – To mash the potatoes easily : Always mash the potatoes when they are hot or warm. They get mashed easily than mashing, when they become cool.

• Mix the cornflour and salt well with the mashed potatoes.

• Check the seasoning and add more salt if required. If within you, something tells you that the mixture is a little loose and needs more binding, add some more cornflour. Make medium sized balls of the mashed potato mixture. Flatten them, shape into round patties and keep aside.

• Heat oil/ghee on a griddle/tava or in a shallow frying pan. Keep the potato patties on the hot oil in the tava for frying.

• Lift with the spatula and check to see if the base is light browned. Turn over the patties and fry the other side.

• When this side gets a little browned, turn over again. Fry till the patties become golden brown and crisp from the first side.

• Turn over again to make the second side crisp and golden brown.
• Fry all the patties till they are done.

• Alternatively, you could arrange the fried patties, at the sides of the circular tava and fry the fresh batch of patties in the center.

• Keep everything ready for the topping and garnish before you assemble the ragda patties. The potato patties have to be hot or warm before you assemble, so keep everything ready before you fry the patties:

1. the ragda should be hot or warm
2. both the green chutney and the sweet chaat chutney should be made a day ahead or before making the patties and kept aside. (You could also use ready made chaat chutneys)
3. the onions and coriander chopped and kept aside
4. the sev – I used readymade sev and the only variety I got near my place was a slight thicker variety than the fine sev used in Mumbai.
5. All the dry powders – chaat masala, cumin seed powder, rock salt/black salt kept at your kitchen table where you will assemble the ragda patties.

• Ok………. its seems like a lenthy procedure above. Making the ragda is a bit lengthy….that is it takes quite a time. But when you and your loves ones have a mouthful of ragda pattice, you will be certain that all effort was worth it and you won’t regret spending so much time in your kitchen.

Assembling and Topping the Patties:

• After all of the above, its time to assemble. This is quick and in a minute you can assemble the Ragda Patties.
• Take the two or three patties in a plate.

• Top it up with generous amounts of ragda.

• Oh no!!!!! I covered the entire surface of the patties with the ragda… difficult for me to take a pic now as the patties will not be visible…. so now what to do…… i do not know…… I better eat it…. but to I have to complete taking the pics, so I better not eat it…
• Add some chopped onions and sweet chaat chutney on the ragda…

• Then add the green mint coriander chutney.

• Add some onions again.

• Sprinkle the chaat masala, black salt and cumin seeds powder. At this stage, you could add a few drops of lemon juice or chopped/grated raw mango.

• Top it with sev as much you want.

• Garnish with coriander leaves…. the last touch.

• Serve the Ragda Patties immediately to your loved ones before your neighbors come in…… otherwise you know what will happen…. you will have to serve it to your neighbors…..

• My first plate is all covered up with the toppings and garnishings that the patties is not seen. Still, I click pics somehow searching for the patties to be slightly visible.

• I try harder to get a pic of the patties……..

• Something clicks in my head…….. and I make another plate of Ragda Pattice… this time keeping in mind that I need to take a beautiful picture of this beautiful recipe for my blog. So, here below are those pictures.

• Hmm……. passable pic but not that great???? Here’s another one.

• Hope you like this one and the first pic. Enjoy:-)

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