Brown Beans n Black eye Peas Tikki

             Hello friends.hope you all enjoyed your weekend..wishing you all a great week ahead.Coming to this recipe,Getting bored with sundal for a change made this Tikki with brown beans n black eye peas.I made this in hurry so not able to cook this tikki with patience...just like that i prepared fast n presented fairly.As my kids were goin to their swim class for the past 2 weeks so evening  i don't find time to spend in kitchen.some how i managed ..thats the reason..my previous post also don't have step wise or enough preparation pictures.
But the recipes are so simple, easy n yummy.Brown beans n black eye peas are rich in proteins,fiber,calcium n other  minerals too.My kids are not fond of sundal but they had more than 2 tikkis ..was so happy .So u also try to feed legumes in an interesting way like this ...Try this !!!

Ingredients

1. Brown beans/Kashmiri Beans    1 cup
2. Black eye peas   1/2 cup
3. Potato   1 no.(boiled n mashed)
4. Carrot   1 no.(shredded)
5. Onion   1/2 (finely chopped)
6. Cilantro    5-6 twig(finely chopped)
7. Ginger   2" piece(finely chopped)
8. lime/lemon   1/2(squeeze the juice)
9. Chilli powder   1/2 tsp
10. Amchur powder    1/4 tsp
11. Cumin powder   1/2 tsp
12. Hing powder    a pinch
13. Salt   to taste
14. Bread crumbs     1/4 cup
15. Sooji/fine rava   2 tbsp
16. Maida    1 tbsp(mixed with  1/2 cup water)
17. Oil    to roast the tikkis

Method

• Soak the beans n peas for 6-8 hours and pressure cook with enough water to 2-3 whistles.
• After that drain the water completely and mash then nicely using potato masher or in processor.

• then transfer the mashed beans n peas to a wide bowl/plate,add all other ingredients "from potato to salt" n mix everything well.
• divide the mixture in to 10-12 lemon size balls
• Now heat a tawa ,meanwhile take one ball gently flatten them using your palm n dip in maida water n roll in bread crumbs n rava mixture .do the same for all the balls.
• On hot tawa add few drops of oil n place 3-4 tikkis at a time(based on the tawa size) and cook in medium heat.
• Cook for 3-4 minutes and turn other side gently and cook till crisp n brown on both sides.
• Then remove from the tawa ,drain on paper towel and serve hot.
• Garnish the tikki with ketchup,finely chopped onions n lemon wedges or to your choice.

I am sending this recipe to the ongoing event,Cook It Healthy-Proteinicious theme by Sobha Shyam. 

Note: If you feel the beans mixture is too sticky n not able to roll n pat it, just add 2 spoons of bread crumbs n mix it well.