Aunty Meera's Aloo Tikki (Potato Cakes) Recipe on Food52
"This recipe comes from my aunt from India; she’d always serve it as an appetizer when people came over for dinner, with ketchup, cricket game humming on the TV in the background. It also makes a great afternoon snack, or if you put it in a burger bun, a great sandwich. It relies on a kind of wacky shortcut you don’t often see in traditional Indian recipes: enriched white bread. I don’t know where she got this trick, but I know she lived in Ethiopia for a while, and was inspired by the Italian cuisine she enco..."
INGREDIENTS
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2 small Russet, Idaho, or Maris Piper potatoes, skin-on (322 grams)
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1/2 lemon\'s peel
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1 pinch plus 1/2 teaspoon salt, divided
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3 slices soft white bread (100 grams)
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150 milliliters whole milk (about 3/4 cup)
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2 small green chiles or 1 big one, finely chopped*
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1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
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1/2 teaspoon ground coriander
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125 milliliters neutral oil, for frying
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