Aloo Pattice - Panjabi Style

This is one of the most famous street food eaten in north of India and today you will find different variation to the authentic recipe across the whole of India. Some like to eat with white peas or chick peas or just the pattice with chutneys. All of them tastes awesome!

For making ragda aloo pattice you need to make the following :

1) Aloo Pattice
2) Fresh Coriander Chutney
3) Dates (Khajoor) ki chutney. In India this is called soonth.
5) White Peas (Ragda) 1/2 kg- Boil white peas in the pressure cooker and keep aside. Smoothie consistency.
6) Sock white peas overnight.

Ingredients:
1) Potatoes - 500 Grams - boiled and peeled
2) Onions - 3 - fine chopped
3) Fresh Coriander -A bunch -  for garnishing and coriander for making the chutney
4) White bread slices - 4
5) Dates - 250 Grams
6) Sugar - 100 Grams ( for khajoor ki soonth )
7) Ginger - Little - for chutney
8) Garlic Flakes - 4-5 - for chutney
9) Lemon - 1
10) Salt - to taste
11) White Peas- 1/2 Kg. Soaked and Boiled.

For Coriander Chutney:
Method:
1) Clean the bunch of coriander leaves. Wash and drain well.
2) In a mixer, grind coriander leaves, 1 onion , 4-5 garlic flakes, little ginger.
3) Add salt to taste and squeeze 1 lime.
4) Coriander Chutney is done ;)

For dates chutney ( soonth)
Method:
1) De-seed dates and wash.
2) Grind all of it in a mixer by adding water till a smoothie consistency.
3) In a sauce pan, add dates and suger and some water. Cook for good 20-25 mins. 
3) You can preserve this for good 3-4 weeks in the refrigerator for future use as well.

For making the pattice:
Method:
1) Sock white bread in the water and drain immediately using your palm. Make sure water is drained completely.
2) Mash all the boiled potatoes with the white breads.
3) Add salt to taste.
4) Use your palm to make pattice and shallow fry on a non stick tava till golden brown.

To assemble ragda pattice:
1) On a nice serving plate, put ragda and keep pattice on top. 
2) Sprinkle little coriander chutney and soonth on top. This can be as per your taste.
3) Garnish with fine chopped onions and fresh cut coriander and serve.