If, like me, you always wanted to try the tempting “Pigs in a Blanket”, but couldn’t because of the beef/pork sausage link, then you don’t have to hold yourself back any more.
I have always seen this famous appetizer at kids birthday parties, tailgate parties, Superbowl parties and Graduation parties but always wondered about the taste. So I figured why not replace the meat with out good old Aloo/potato tikki and roll it in the crescent rolls.
It tasted so good and looked so cute, it could easily have passed for out Batata vada! The buttery taste of the crescent rolls and the aloo tikki are perfect. To give it an Indian taste, serve with Green Chatni or Habaner pepper Chatni.
Tikkis in a Blanket
Ingredients
- 2 Potatoes boiled and grated
- 1/4 cup onions chopped fine
- 1 1/2 to 2 tsp minced ginger
- Juice of half lemon
- 2 Bread slices soaked in water and squeezed
- 1/2 tsp Coriander/Dhania Powder
- 1/2 tsp Black Salt/Kala Namak you can use chat masal or plain salt
- 1/4 tsp Red Chili Powder/Lal Mirch Powder
- 1/8 tsp Garam Masala
- Salt as needed
- 2 tbsp Cornflour/Cornstarch for Rolling Tikkis/Links
- Oil for frying
- 1 packet Pillsbury Crescent Rolls
Instructions
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Boil, and Mash/Grate potatoes.
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Add Squeezed bread pieces and all spices.
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Wet hands lightly and Roll Potato mixture into links.
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Roll very lightly in Cornflour and fry 3-4 pieces at a time.
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Cool all of them and preheat oven to 375 F.
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Take Crescent Rolls out of packaging. There are 8 Triangles.
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Take a Pizza Cutter/knife and cut them in 1/2 lengthwise, that should give 16 triangles(please look at pictures below)
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On each piece of dough, place a tikki/link at the widest part of triangle and start rolling(please look at pictures below)
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On a Baking sheet that’s lined with parchment paper(optional), place the Tikkis in a blanket seam side down.
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Brush with butter,optional.
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Bake at 375 F for 10-12 minutes, till golden
Here is the step by step pictorial recipe-
Ingredients for Tikkis/Links
Mix spices to potato mixture
Roll tikkis into cylindrical shape
Roll lightly in cornflour/starch and deep fry
Let Tikkis cool completely and preheat oven
Unroll the dough and separate into 8 triangles.
take pizza cutter and cut each triangle in half, lengthwise
Place tikki/link at widest part of the dough triangle and start rolling.
Roll and place all on parchment paper, seam side down.
Bake at 375 F for 10-12 minutes or till golden brown.
Baked golden!
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Shamile
Can we make this ahead and warm in conventional oven at 300 and serve ?
Aanchal Gupta
Hi Shamile, yes, you can make these ahead of time and warm it in a oven and serve. I usually make the tikkis ahead of time and roll them in croissants just when I want to serve. Please share and let me know how it turns out when you make them ahead and warm them.