Try this recipe for Potato Bonda
You don't need rainy days to enjoy this ever-popular Indian deep-fried snack
| PREP TIME | 10 m |
|---|---|
| COOK TIME | 15m |
| SERVES | Makes 40 bondas |
1kg potatoes
250gm onions
25gm ginger
25gm green chillies
100ml oil to fry
1/2 tsp mustard seeds
2 sprigs curry leaves
1 /2 tsp turmeric
Salt to taste
1/2 lime
125gm Bengal gram flour
2 pinches soda bicarbonate
375ml water
1. Boil and peel potatoes. Mash.
2. Chop onions, ginger and green chillies finely.
3. Heat 15ml of oil. Add mustard seeds and curry leaves. When mustard seeds crackle, add chopped spices, potatoes, turmeric and salt. Add lime juice. Mix well. Remove.
4. Divide into 40 portions (the size of a large lime).
5. Prepare the batter by sifting together gram flour, soda bicarbonate, salt and water to a smooth batter of medium thickness.
6. Dip in prepared batter and deep fry.
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