Potato Bonda

Payaswini's Recipes





Ingredients:
5 medium potatoes, boiled and mashed
1/2 cup peas, boiled
3 green chillies, chopped
1 tsp. ginger, grated
1 tbsp. lemon juice
1 tsp. mustard seeds
1/2 tsp. turmeric powder
1 tbsp. coriander leaves, chopped
1 cup gram flour
1 tbsp. rice flour
1 tsp. red chilli powder
1-2 tsp. salt
1/2 cup water
Oil for deep frying

Method:
Heat 1 tbsp.oil in a pan and fry mustard seeds until they start crackling.
Add green chillies, ginger and turmeric and fry for 2 minutes.
Add potatoes, peas and salt and fry for 2 minutes. Remove from heat.
Stir in lemon juice and coriander leaves and mix well.
Shape the mixture into small balls. Mix the gram flour, rice flour, salt, and red chilli powder in a bowl.
Add enough water to make a thick batter.
Heat a few inches of oil in a deep fryer.
Dip the potato balls in the batter then fry a few at a time in the hot oil until golden. Drain on paper towel.
Serve hot.