Zulekha's Kitchen

Turai chilke ke tikke ....are made of ridge gourd peels as of course you can guess it by its name. These tikkis are made up of all whole ingredients grind in mortar ( okhli ) , okhli which were used during the age old times when there was no food processor , though I still use it every now and then because freshly crushed SPICES gives a better taste and a mesmerising aroma to the prepared curry or veggie ( sabzi ) . The whole idea behind not grinding it into food processor is that when you have turai chilke ke tikke those bits of turai peels is quiet prominent and gives tikkis a better taste which fully grind in food processor fails, in fact when you chop it into pieces you will see turai and some of the other ingredients here and there, which gives a crunchy effect though the inner portion is soft and non oily.. Turai chilke ke tikkis are usually made, when I prepare turai with channa dal ( split bengal gram ) , and the left over peel of turai instead of discarding th...