Fasting during Navratri 2025? Try this delicious vrat Aloo Tikki recipe in under 30 minutes
Navratri 2025 fasting doesn't mean boring food! This vrat special aloo tikki recipe is crispy, crunchy, and ready in just 30 minutes. Made without onion, garlic, or ginger, these golden tikkis are the perfect Navratri snack to enjoy with curd and vrat chutney every evening.
New Delhi: Navratri 2025 is in less than 2 weeks. While everyone is prepping up the mandirs and wardrobes for the grand celebration, it is again that time of the year when people observe fast or vrat to appease Maa Durga and seek the goddess’s divine blessings. Devotees who keep vrats during the 9-day festival are restricted from consuming certain food ingredients, such as onion and garlic. In such scenarios, quick and simple recipes like the vrat special aloo tikki come to the rescue when you crave for something crunchy and delicious.
Vrat aloo tikki recipe for Navratri 2025 is a comfort snack that requires less than 30 minutes to make. Made with the simplest ingredients, including mashed potatoes and vrat-friendly flours and spices, this aloo tikki recipe is quick, light, and fulfilling as well.
Navratri 2025 Vrat Aloo Tikki recipe
These crispy, golden potato patties are a popular Indian snack. With a few twists in the making process, aloo tikki is a perfect evening snack for those observing vrat on Navratri. Below is the detailed recipe:
Ingredients
- 2-3 boiled potatoes
- ½ cup vrat flour (kuttu or singhara)
- ½ cup chopped nuts
- 4 tablespoons grated coconut
- 2-3 chopped green chillies
- Sendha namak (rock salt) to taste
- Ghee as required
Method
1. In a small bowl, take the grated coconut, chopped nuts, green chillies and sendha namak together. Mix it well and keep it aside.
2. In another big bowl, prepare a tight dough of mashed potatoes mixed with any vrat flour and salt. Knead everything nicely with your hands till everything comes together into a smooth, slightly tight dough.
3. Take a small portion of the potato dough with your hand and flatten it in your palm. Place half a spoon of nut and coconut filling in the centre, then carefully bring the sides together to seal them.
4. Once sealed, give it the shape of a patty. Repeat the same for the rest of the dough.
5. Take a frying pan or a flat tawa and apply some ghee to it. Carefully place all the aloo tikkis in the pan and fry them on medium heat until both sides turn nice, golden brown and crispy.
6. Serve the tikkis hot with curd and vrat coriander chutney.
Vrat recipes don't have to be boring and tasteless. Try this delicious vrat aloo tikki recipe that gets ready within 30 minutes. No garlic, no onion, no ginger – yet so scrumptious that you will make these aloo tikkis every evening during Navratri 2025.