POTATO BONDA / ALOO BONDA / BATATA VADA !!!!!

Potato Bonda is a popular South Indian snack. You can either eat it as starter or as evening snack with chutneys/ketch up. You can use it in making vada pav too. You can fry them either as flat balls or as round balls. I gave both the shapes & u can see that in the above picture. You can temper potato mixture with mustard seeds, urad dal & curry leaves for extra taste. ( i didn't). You can add extra vegetables like boiled green peas, boiled carrot cubes etc for extra taste. (i didn't).

INGREDIENTS:-

For the inner mixture:-

potatoes, boiled, peeled & mashed - 2 large
green chillies, finely chopped - 1-2
coriander leaves, finely chopped - 1 tbsp
turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp
red chilly powder - 1/2 tsp
hing powder - 1/2 tsp
salt to taste

For outer cover:-

bengal gram flour - 1/2 cup
red chilly powder - 1/2 tsp
turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp
hing powder - 1/4 tsp
salt to taste ( i added 1/2 tsp)
cooking soda - 1/4 tsp

Oil for deep frying

METHOD:-

1. Add salt+red chilly pow+turmeric pow+chopped coriander leaves+chopped green chillies+hing powder to the mashed potatoes & mix well in a bowl.

2. In another bowl take bengal gram flour+salt+red chilly pow+turmeric pow+hing pow & mix well. Add water little by little & mixing with hand make a batter (neither too thick nor too loose).

3. Make small balls of aloo mixture.

4. Dip each ball in the batter & deep fry them till golden brown.
5. Serve Aloo bonda hot with chutney & ketch up.

HAPPY COOKING :))))))