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    Sweet Potato Fritters Recipe - Indian Style Sweet Potato Tikki

    Published: Mar 18, 2021 · Modified: Oct 23, 2024 by Deepti · This post may contain affiliate links · Leave a Comment

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    Indulge in deliciousness with Sweet Potato Fritters made with Indian spices in a simple homemade way! These crispy and browned Sweet Potato Tikki are perfect for any fasting day!

    sweet potato fritters recipe

    Sweet Potato Fritters or Tikki is a delicious and flavorful Indian snack made from boiled and mashed sweet potatoes mixed with Indian spices. It is a popular street food and appetizer that combines the natural sweetness of sweet potatoes with a blend of spices and herbs.

    The classical recipe of sweet potato fritters involve simple steps like mashing boiled sweet potatoes and mixing them with ingredients like bread crumbs, onions, green chilies, ginger, and a variety of aromatic spices. The mixture is then shaped into small patties and shallow-fried until crispy and golden brown.

    However, this recipe of sweet potato tikkis is made with a gentle twist by skipping the bread crumbs and adding Ragi (Finger Millet) flour to make them gluten-free and perfect for anyone who is fasting for Navratri, Ekadashi or follows a gluten-free diet for health reasons.

    I have always loved sweet-potato ever since I can remember. Being in India, you can never miss the popular shakarkandi chaat, made by slowly roasting raw shakarkandi over the burning coals.

    Though I love deep fried tikkis, you may shallow fry or pan fry them as well for making their healthy version.

    Find More Appetizers/ Side Dishes: Onion Fritters, Rice Fritters, Hara Bhara Kabab, Roasted Green Beans and Potatoes.

    More Ragi Recipes: Ragi Banana Pancake, Ragi Paratha.

    Jump to:
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    • Ingredients
    • How To Make Sweet Potato Fritters
    • Expert Tips
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    • Sweet Potato Fritters Recipe | Sweet Potato Tikki Indian Vrat

    Why Would You Love This Recipe?

    • Gluten Free Healthy Snack
    • Kids friendly
    • Super Indulging as each bite of the browned crust in ghee melts in mouth!
    • Rich in Savory, Spicy and Tangy Flavors.
    • Can be made in advance
    • Simple ingredients
    • Two-ways Recipe: Pan-Fried and Deep-Fried
    • The Best Sweet Potato Fritters Ever!

    Ingredients

    raw sweet potato
    • Sweet Potato- is the prime ingredient of this recipe. I have boiled and mashed pink sweet potato. The white one would work well too. The same recipe can be used with potatoes to make Aloo Tikki.
    • Indian Spices- include Red Chilly powder, Garam Masala, Amchur (Raw Mango Powder). You may skip or adjust red chilly powder as per your taste. These are mildly spicy fritters. But as I understand, my level of spicy may not match with yours. If you don't have amchur, you may use lemon juice (1 tsp).
    • Green Chilly- Freshly chopped green chilies add amazing spicy kick to these tikkis. You may skip them if you don't like the heat.
    • Salt- Use Sendha (Rock) Salt if you are making these tikkis on a fasting day. The table salt works well too.
    • Ragi Flour- Using Ragi Flour makes these tikkis gluten free. Other gf flours that can be used in this recipe are: buckwheat and gram flour. You may use APF as well if you are not making it gluten free.
    • Ghee- is my favorite when it comes to pan-frying. You may use mustard oil or any other vegetable oil for deep frying as frying in ghee can be very smoky.
    • Mustard Oil (Optional)- Use mustard oil or any other oil for deep frying.

    sweet potato tikki recipe
    spices in mashed sweet potato

    How To Make Sweet Potato Fritters

    Step 1 Wash, Boil & Mash

    Wash sweet potatoes under tap water. Remove the mud. Boil sweet potato for 1-2 whistle. Once it cools off, drain water and keep it in sieve/colander. Peel off the boiled sweet potato and mash it in a bowl with a fork or spatula.

    boiling sweet potato in cooker
    boiled sweet potato for tikki
    boiled and cooled sweet potato for tikki
    mashed sweet potato for tikki

    Step 2 Spice It

    Add spices like red chili, green chili, salt, Ajwain, Garm masala, Lemon juice, to it. Gradually add ragi flour (or any other flour) and make a smooth mixture. Mix really well. Add ragi flour as required. Make sure the mixture is not very soft or very hard. It should be smooth enough to make a flat tikki by hands. It could make around 8 tikkis.

    add spices to boiled sweet potato for tikki
    ragi flour to sweet potato tikki
    sweet potato tikki made with hands

    Step 3 Fry It

    You can pan fry or deep fry these tikkis. I have done both. Since I am a foodie, I loved the fried version. You may choose this as per your preference.

    desi ghee tikki
    desi ghee pan fried tikkis

    In case you pan fry these tikkis, use less flour and make thin tikkis so that its not raw in the middle. This is because when we deep fry, everything gets cooked easily.

    Also for deep frying, add tikkis to hot desi ghee / mustard oil, not cold (or else they might break), slow the flame and cook on slow flame for 5 min and then flip.

    For pan fried, you may cover the pan with a lid for better cooking. Each side takes 3-4 min on simmer for cooking.

    5) Serve hot sweet potato tikki with green dhaniya chutney and saunth. Enjoy with tea!

    sweet potato fritters recipe

    Expert Tips

    • Make sure to make thin round balls if you are pan frying. Use less of ragi flour to bind them or else the flour might be raw when cooked in a pan. You may close the pan with a lid to enhance better cooking.
    • While deep frying, the oil/ ghee should be hot or else the fritters would fall apart. Once placed in the oil for frying, let the flame be slow so that fritters are well cooked from within.

    FAQs

    What is sweet potato called in India?

    Sweet Potato In India is called Shakarkandi. A popular street snack- shakarkandi chaat is loved by many!

    Is Indian sweet potato healthy?

    Yes, Sweet potato made in India is a very healthy. Boiled and topped with mild spices and lemon juice, shakarkandi is a great snack.

    How many whistles are required to boil sweet potatoes?

    Sweet potatoes when cooked in pressure cooker need 1-2 whistles on full and they would be very soft. Don't release the pressure after switching off.

    Stories from Kitchen

    Do you also love going to tikki wala bhaiya in local markets and binge eating chaat, tikki, gole gappe? Shakarkandi Chaat is my favorite and we still go to local markets where they are roasted over coals and topped with spicy masala and lemon juice.


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    sweet potato fritters recipe

    Sweet Potato Fritters Recipe | Sweet Potato Tikki Indian Vrat

    Indulge in deliciousness with Sweet Potato Fritters made with Indian spices in a simple homemade way! These crispy and browned Sweet Potato Tikki are perfect for any fasting day!
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    Prep Time 10 minutes mins
    Cook Time 20 minutes mins
    Cool off 5 minutes mins
    Total Time 35 minutes mins
    Course Appetizer, Indian Fast Snacks, Indian Snacks
    Cuisine Indian
    Servings 8 Tikkis
    Calories 256 kcal

    Equipment

    • Pressure Cooker
    • pan / heavy bottomed kadai

    Ingredients
      

    • 250 gm Sweet Potato or shakarkandi boiled , cooled, peeled and mashed
    • ½ cup ragi flour gluten free flour or vrat flour
    • 2 teaspoon red chilli
    • 2 teaspoon Chaat Masala
    • 1.5 teaspoon Amchur 2 teaspoon Lemon juice
    • 1 tsp Garm Masala optional
    • 5 tablespoon Desi ghee for pan frying
    • 6-7 tablespoon mustard oil for deep frying
    • ½ teaspoon Ajwain (Carom seeds) optional
    • salt as per taste use sendha salt if making for vrat
    • 1-2 fresh green chilly minced

    Instructions
     

    • Wash sweet potatoes under tap water. Remove the mud. Boil sweet potato for 1-2 whistle. Once it cools off, drain water and keep it in sieve/colander.
    • Peel off, mash in a bowl with a fork or spatula. Add spices like red chili, green chili, salt, Ajwain, Garm masala, chaat masala, Lemon juice or Amchur to it. Gradually add ragi flour (or any other flour) and make a smooth mixture.
    • Mix really well. Add ragi flour as required. Make sure the mixture is not very soft or very hard. It should be smooth enough to make a flat round rall by hands. It could make around 8 fritters.
    • You can pan fry or deep fry these fritters. I have done both. Since I am a foodie, I loved the fried version. You may choose this as per your preference.
      In case you pan fry these fritters, use less flour and make thin round balls so that its not raw. This is because when we deep fry, everything gets cooked easily.
      Also for deep frying, add fritters to hot desi ghee / mustard oil, not cold (or else they might break), low the flame and cook on slow flame for 5 min and then flip.
      For pan fried, you may cover the pan with a lid for better cooking. Each side takes 3-4 min on simmer for cooking.
    • Serve hot sweet potato fritters or tikkis with green dhaniya chutney and saunth. Enjoy with tea!

    Notes

    • Make sure to make thin tikkis if you are pan frying. Use less of ragi flour to bind them or else the flour might be raw when cooked in a pan. You may close the pan with a lid to enhance better cooking.
    • While deep frying, the oil/ ghee should be hot or else the tikkis would fall apart. Once placed in the oil for frying, let the flame be slow so that tikkis are well cooked from within.
    Nutrition Facts
    Serving size: 2 tikkis
    Servings: 4
    Amount per serving  
    Calories 256
    % Daily Value*
    Total Fat 12.8g 16%
    Saturated Fat 7.5g 38%
    Cholesterol 19mg 6%
    Sodium 11mg 0%
    Total Carbohydrate 33.1g 12%
    Dietary Fiber 4.3g 16%
    Total Sugars 0.7g  
    Protein 2.2g  
    Vitamin D 0mcg 0%
    Calcium 15mg 1%
    Iron 1mg 3%
    Potassium 698mg 15%
    *The % Daily Value (DV) tells you how much a nutrient in a food serving contributes to a daily diet. 2,000 calorie a day is used for general nutrition advice.
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