Shalgum Ki Tikki/ Turnip Tikki

Shalgum is a winter's special vegetable.
It is my favourite and I love to cook it with various other vegetable like shalgum-matar, shalgum-gibhi shalgum-aloo or gajar aur shalgum.
It is a root vegetable which belongs to radish family. The flavor is mildly sweet so it can be eaten raw in salad like radish or carrot.
People also make shalgum ka bharta which is absolutely delicious.
It is rich in fiber and helps to requlate our metabolism.
Here I have made shalgum tikki which has turned out to be delicious. I have used soaked chana dal as binding agent and also used some of my favorite spices like star anise and little amount of rose patels.
I am sharing the recipe with hopes that you all will like it and I am also planning some more interesting recipes by using this wonderful healthy vegetable.

Preparation Time:- 10 minutes
Cooking Time:-20 minutes
Serves:- 4


Ingredients:-

• Shalgum 1kg
• Soaked chana dal 1cup
• Chopped onion 1 large
• Chopped ginger 1tbsp
• Chopped green chili 2no.
• Salt as per your taste
• Red chili powder 1tsp
• Black pepper powder 1tsp
• Roasted cumin powder 1/4 tsp
• Coriander powder 1tbsp
• Cumin seeds 1tbsp
• Hung Curd 1tbsp
• Star anis 1
• Rose petals 1tbsp
• Garam masala powder 1tsp
• Lemon juice 1tbsp
• Desi ghee 1tbsp
• Corrnflour 1tsp
• Oil for frying

Recipe procedure:-

• Boil the dal in 1cup water then blend it into a fine paste. 
• Wash, peel and grate the shalgum and add salt. Keep it aside for 10 minutes then squeeze out the excess water.
• Heat ghee in a pan and add star anise. Lower the heat and add cumin seeds. As the cumin seeds strat to crackle, take out and discard the star anise.
• Add chopped onion, ginger and green chili and saute till onions becomes translucent.
• Add grated shalgum. Stir and cook it till all the water has evaporated. 
• Once it cools add all the spices along with dal paste instead of oil.
• Now divide the mixture into equal portion and make tikki,  shallow fry them on medium heat till they turn golden and crisp. 
• Serve hot with chutney. 

Note:-

• You can add boiled and mashed potato. 
• Adjust the spices as per your taste. 
• No need to add salt in the mixture because we already added salt in grated shalgum.