Rajma & Dalia Tikki Sliders

Ingredients

• 1 cup kidney beans (rajma), soaked for 6-8 hours, boiled and drained
• ½ cup broken wheat (dalia), soaked for 1 hour and drained
• 8 slider buns
• 1½ tablespoons chopped fresh mint leaves
• 2 tablespoons chopped fresh coriander leaves
• ¼ cup browned onion
• 1 tablespoon ginger-garlic-green chilli paste
• ½ tablespoon kitchen king masala
• Salt to taste
• 1 cup cornflakes 
• 1 cup panko 
• ¼ cup cornflour
• Oil for deep frying
• Assorted lettuce leaves as required
• Onion roundels as required
• Mint mayo for drizzling
• 8 tomato roundels
• 2 cheese slices, each cut into 4 squares
• Mustard mayo for drizzling
• French fries to serve
• Tomato ketchup to serve

Method

1. Coarsely mash the kidney beans and transfer into a large bowl. Add soaked broken wheat, mint leaves, coriander leaves, browned onion, ginger-green chilli paste, kitchen king masala and salt and mix till well combined.
2. To make tikkis¸ take small portions of the mixture and shape each portion into a ball. Slightly flatten them.
3. Take cornflakes in a wide plate and coarsely crush it. Add panko and salt and mix well.
4. Mix together cornflour and ¾ cup water in another bowl. 
5. Dip each tikki in the cornflour slurry and coat it with cornflakes-panko mixture till well coated from all sides. Repeat the process one more time.
6. Heat sufficient oil in a kadai. 
7. Slide in the tikkis, a few at a time, into the hot oil and deep-fry till golden brown and crisp. Drain on absorbent paper. 
8. Heat a non-stick tawa. Slit the slider buns in half and place them on the hot tawa. Toast for 1-2 minutes, flip and toast the other side for 1 minute. 
9. To make each slider, place base portion of the slider bun on the worktop. Place some lettuce leaves on it and sprinkle salt. Arrange some onion roundels and place one tikki over it. Drizzle mint mayo, place a tomato roundel, cheese slice square and drizzle mustard mayo. Cover with the top portion of the slider bun. Secure it with a toothpick.
10. Place the sliders on a serving platter and serve with French fries and tomato ketchup.