Farali Pattice » Dassana’s Veg Recipes

Farali pattice is a simple snack of patties made with potatoes and filled with a candy filling of coconut, nuts and raisins. This dish is from the Gujarati delicacies that’s made throughout quick or upvas. I typically make these pattice throughout Navratri and in addition on common days.

After I added the recipe put up, I had made these stuffed patties for my mom-in-law, as she may be very keen on pattices and tikkis.

The preparation of farali pattice is sort of much like the North Indian aloo tikki, apart from the style. Each of them have a middle filling and an outer potato protecting.

Whereas the North Indian Aloo Tikki will be spicy, the farali pattice is nice and delicate. The elements which might be used within the filling for aloo tikki are completely completely different, than the elements used for farali pattice.

These patties are simply out there in Gujarati mithai outlets in Mumbai. I bear in mind shopping for them once we used to exit for purchasing. They are often had with Curd, Coriander Chutney and even Tomato Ketchup.

On this recipe, contemporary grated coconut and contemporary coriander leaves are added. Within the absence of contemporary coconut, you would simply add dessicated coconut too. You can even skip the coconut altogether, when you would not have them. As a substitute simply double the quantity of peanuts, cashews and raisins.

Additionally, for the stuffing, since raisins are added, thus you may as well skip sugar. Ensure that to make use of sendha namak or edible rock salt as a substitute of standard salt if making for fasting or throughout Navratri.

Notice: If not making for Navratri or Ekadashi Vrat, then you should utilize corn starch, rice flour or bread crumbs to bind the potatoes.

Step-by-Step Information

The right way to make Farali Pattice

Making ready the potato cowl:
1. Rinse the potatoes very nicely in contemporary water. Boil 350 grams potatoes or 3 massive potatoes in a steamer or stovetop stress cooker until they’re tender and utterly cooked.

Within the picture under there are various potatoes, they had been used for one more dish 🙂

2. Peel and chop the boiled potatoes when nonetheless heat or barely scorching. Take the potatoes in a mixing bowl.

3. Mash the potatoes with a potato masher or fork very nicely. Enable the mashed potatoes to chill at room temperature.

4. As soon as the mashed potatoes have come to room temperature, then add 3 tablespoons arrowroot flour and salt as required. Since these patties are made throughout fasting I’ve added arrowroot flour.

You can even add buckwheat flour (kuttu ka atta) or water chestnut flour (singhare ka atta) if making for fasting. Nevertheless, arrowroot flour provides a impartial style. If making for normal days, then add corn starch, rice flour or bread crumbs.

5. Combine the arrowroot flour with mashed potatoes very nicely.

6. Then flippantly knead the combination.

7. Right here within the under pictures, the potato dough is prepared. Cowl the bowl with a lid and maintain apart.

Making ready the farali stuffing

8. Warmth a small pan and add 3 tablespoons of peanuts.

9. Roast the peanuts stirring typically on a low warmth until they change into crunchy and have just a few black spots on them. Be certain that the peanuts are evenly cooked. Take away the peanuts and maintain apart.

10. In the identical pan add 3 tablespoons of cashews.

11. On low warmth roast the cashews until you see golden spots on them.

12. Maintain additionally the cashews apart. Enable them to chill at room temperature.

13. In a mortar-pestle, add the peanuts and crush to a rough combination. You can even use a grinder or blender to do the identical. The peanuts ought to have small bits and items.

14. In the identical mortar-pestle, then add the roasted cashews and simply crush them flippantly. You can even chop the cashews. The cashews ought to have small bits and items.

15. In one other mixing bowl, take ¼ cup tightly packed grated coconut.

16. Add the peanuts and cashews.

17. Then add the next elements:

18. Subsequent add 1 teaspoon lemon juice for some tang.

19. Stir the stuffing combination very nicely. Style and add extra of the sugar, salt or lemon juice if required.

Assembling farali pattice

20. Make medium sized balls from the dough combination.

21. Take every ball and flatten it.

22. Place 1 or 2 tablespoons of the ready stuffing.

23. Convey the perimeters in direction of the middle.

24. And gently seal the perimeters. The filling needs to be correctly sealed throughout the potato combination, in order that whereas frying the pattice don’t break. Flatten the pattice barely.

You can even apply some oil in your palms whereas flattening and stuffing the pattice. I’ve flattened the patties for ease of shallow frying.

When you plan to deep fry, then no must flatten them. If the pattice breaks from a spot, then simply cowl it with a small piece of the potato dough and press to even it.

25. Put together all of the pattices this fashion.

26. Warmth 3 tablespoons of oil or 2 tablespoons ghee in a tava or griddle or skillet. Coat the pattice with arrow root flour. Mud off the surplus flour from the pattice. This step of coating the pattice with arrow root flour is non-obligatory and you may as well skip it.

Frying Farali pattice

27. Place the arrow root flour coated pattice in medium scorching oil for pan frying. You can even deep fry. Add extra oil if required whereas pan frying.

You can even shallow fry these pattice by including some extra oil. Use any impartial flavored oil that’s used for fasting. You can even pan fry them in ghee.

28. When one facet is partly cooked, gently flip over with a spatula.

29. Flip once more when the opposite facet is browned.

30. Shallow fry these farali pattice flipping a few instances extra until they’re golden and crisp from outdoors.

31. Place them on kitchen paper towels to soak up any additional oil. You can even maintain them in a mesh strainer.

32. Serve farali patties scorching or heat with a no onion no garlic coriander chutney, sweetened curd (some sugar dissolved in contemporary curd) or tamarind dates chutney.

They make for a scrumptious and filling snack throughout Hindu fasting days.

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This Farali Pattice put up is from the archives (Could 2010) and has been republished and up to date on 10 September 2021.