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    Home » Fasting (Vrat) Recipes

    Sama ke chawal ki tikki recipe

    Published: Sep 30, 2014 · Last Modified: Mar 18, 2022 by Kanan Patel / 10 Comments

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    Sama ke chawal ki tikki recipe - one more fasting breakfast or snack recipe for this Navratri season.

    Vrat ke chawal ki tikki served with green chutney.

    Sama ke chawal also known as Vrat ke chawal or samvat rice or Mordhan or Moraiyo or Swang ke chawal or vari or varai. Actually this is not rice, it is from millet family. In English it is called Barnyard millet. This can be consumed on fasting and it is gluten free grain.

    This swang ke chawal ki tikki is deep fried, so it is very filling snack.

    It is crispy from the outside while soft from the inside. First the millet is cooked itself and then mixed with potato and chilies with salt and pepper. Potato is added as a binding agent in it.

    This vrat ke chawal is most frequently used during the Hindu vrat or upvaas like Navratri, Ekadasi, Maha Shivratri, Jaya Parvati vrat or Krishna Janmashtami. I do make many different farali dishes using this grain like Pulao, khichdi, kheer, idli, dhokla. Other recipes I will be posting soon.

    Check out other tikki recipes for vrat
    Sabudana tikki  //  Sweet potato tikki

    Step by Step Photos

    1) Wash and soak samo rice for 10 minutes.

    2) Discard soaking water, take rice to the pan. Add 1 cup of water and turn the heat to high and let the water come to a boil.

    Collage of 2 images showing soaked sama chawal and cooking in a pan.

    3) Once it starts to boil, reduce the heat to LOW, cover the pan and let it cook for 20 minutes.

    4) Let them cool to touch and then open the lid.

    Collage of 2 images showing cooked sama chawal in a pan.

    5) Fluff up the rice and remove it to a bowl. Let it cool completely.

    6) Now add rest of the ingredients (mashed potato, chopped green chilies, cilantro, ginger, cumin seeds, pepper powder, rock salt).

    Vrat ke chawal ki tikki or cutlet recipe | Samvat rice cutlet recipe

    7) Mix it well.

    8) Start shaping the tikkis or roll.

    Collage of 2 images showing tikki mixture and shaped into tikkis.

    9) Once finish shaping, heat the oil in a pan for deep frying on medium heat. Once oil is hot fry few cutlets at a time. don’t disturb it for first 1-2 minutes otherwise it will get break. NOTE: While frying the tikkis, make sure that oil is HOT (not medium hot), otherwise it will absorb the oil. And do not disturb the tikkis for 1-2 minutes otherwise they will fall apart.

    10) Once browned and cooked from one side, flip them and fry the other side.

    Collage of 2 images showing frying tikkis into the hot oil.

    11) Drain the excess oil using slotted spoon.

    12) Remove it to paper towel lined plate. Serve them hot or warm.

    Collage of 2 images showing draining oil and fried tikki on a plate.

    Instead of deep frying, you can shallow fry them.

    Serving suggestion: If serving during the fasting days then serve with this phalahari green chutney. If making on regular day, you can serve with any chutney or ketchup.

    A bite taken from sama ki tikki served with phalahari chutney.
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    Vrat ke chawal ki tikki or cutlet recipe | Samvat rice cutlet recipe
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    Sama Ke Chawal Ki Tikki

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    It is crispy from the outside while soft from the inside. Serve hot with phalahari chutney.
    Author: Kanan
    Course: Snack
    Cuisine: Indian
    Calories: 152kcal
    Servings 15 tikkis
    Prep Time 20 minutes
    Cook Time 30 minutes
    Total Time 50 minutes
    US measuring cups are used (1 cup = 240 ml) See details

    Ingredients  

    • ⅓ cup Sama ke chawal (Moraiyo or barnyard millet)
    • 1 cup Water
    • 1 medium or ⅔ cup Potatoes boiled, peeled and mashed
    • 1 ½ teaspoons Ginger paste or freshly grated or crushed
    • 2 Green chilies finely chopped
    • 2 tablespoons Cilantro or coriander leaves finely chopped
    • 1 teaspoon Cumin seeds
    • ¼ teaspoon Black pepper powder
    • 2 teaspoon Lemon juice
    • Rock salt (sendha namak) to taste
    • Peanut oil to deep fry

    Instructions 

    • Wash and soak samo rice for 10 minutes.
    • Discard soaking water, take rice to the pan.
    • Add 1 cup of water and turn the heat to high and let the water come to a boil.
    • Once it starts to boil, reduce the heat to LOW, cover the pan and let it cook for 20 minutes.
    • Let them cool to touch and then open the lid.
    • Fluff up the rice and remove it to a bowl. Let it cool completely.
    • Take cooked chawal into a bowl. Add rest of the tikki ingredients except oil. Mix it well.
    • Start shaping the tikkis or roll.
    • Once finish shaping, heat the oil in a pan for deep frying on medium heat.
    • Once oil is hot fry few cutlets at a time. don’t disturb it for first 1-2 minutes otherwise it will get break.
    • Once browned and cooked from one side, flip them and fry the other side.
    • Drain the excess oil using slotted spoon. Remove it to paper towel lined plate.

    Nutrition

    Serving: 2tikki | Calories: 152kcal | Carbohydrates: 12.4g | Protein: 1.6g | Fat: 10.9g | Saturated Fat: 1.4g | Cholesterol: 0mg | Sodium: 140mg | Potassium: 116mg | Fiber: 1.4g | Sugar: 0.3g
    *Nutrition information is a rough estimate for 1 serving
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    1. Dhar

      October 17, 2022 at 9:04 am

      Can we make these tikkis in air fryer?

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      • Kanan Patel

        October 17, 2022 at 10:35 am

        You can try, it should work.

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