Classic Aloo Tikki Burger
The Indian burger in its most basic form: a crispy, golden aloo tikki, the spiced potato patty sold at chaat stalls across North India, with fresh vegetables and sauces in a toasted bun. Every Indian burger chain has one, McDonald’s India included, and it is the cheapest way into the menu. An Aloo N Cheese version adds melted cheese.
The story
Aloo tikki, literally a small potato cutlet, is an old street snack of India, Pakistan and Bangladesh: boiled potato, peas and spices shaped into a patty and fried, then served with tamarind and mint-coriander chutneys. It moved into a bun when international burger chains adapted to India, where beef is avoided for religious reasons and many people are vegetarian. McDonald’s opened its first Indian restaurants in Delhi and Mumbai in 1996 without beef on the menu, and in 2012 opened a vegetarian-only restaurant in Amritsar. The potato patty became the entry-level burger of every Indian chain that followed.
What’s inside
- aloo tikki (spiced potato patty)
- fresh vegetables
- sauces
- toasted bun
Make it at home
There is no copycat of the Classic Aloo Tikki Burger yet. Until there is, these recipes on the site come closest to it, judged by what goes into the bun.
- Shares beef
Gator Burger - Shares beef
Delicious Grilled Hamburgers - Shares beef
Air Fryer Hamburgers - Shares beef
The Perfect Basic Burger
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About Wat-a-Burger
Wat-a-Burger was started by an airline pilot. Rajat Jaiswal, who has logged more than 7,000 flying hours, built the business in his time between flights with his childhood friend Farman Beig, who had come back from business studies in the UK in 2015. The company was registered on 14 February 2016 and opened its first outlet in Noida, just outside Delhi, the same month.
Outlets in cities across India, most of them franchises outside the big metros.
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