Aloo bonda

Monsoon special aloo bonda or potato bonda or Alugadde bonda.

Aloo bonda is deep fried snack. It is famous in South India. There every restaurant servers it. It is mainly made of gram flour and mashed potatoes
There is a Maharashtraian version of this bonda which is known as batata vada.

Ingredients

500 grams potatoes
1 medium sized onion
1 tablespoon mustard seeds (kaali sarson)
½ tablespoon chopped ginger
½ tablespoon chopped garlic
¼ cup peeled peanuts
5-6 curry leaves (meetha neem)
1 cup besan (gram flour)
1-2 tablespoon Rice flour
Salt according to your taste
½ teaspoon Red chili powder
⅓ teaspoon turmeric powder
½ teaspoon coriander powder
For serving tomato ketchup

Method

• Rinse and wash the potato nicely.
• Boil it completely, you can check the doneness by inserting the knife in potato if knife get inserted in potato easily without applying any pressure then the potato are completely boil.
• Now remove it from water and leave it to get it cool. When it get cool peel the potato and mash it nicely.
• In a wok/kadai on medium flame add oil when heated add mustard seeds (kaali sarson) when crackle peanuts and finely chopped ginger and garlic.
• Saute till light brown colour add curry leaves and finely chopped onion, cook till light brown colour.
• Add mash potatoes and all masalas which are salt, red chilli powder, coriander powder and turmeric powder, mix masala and mash potatoes on slow flame for another 10 minutes. Check the seasoning.
• Remove from fire and divide it into medium sized equal balls.
• On another hand in a medium sized bowl add besan, rice flour, salt, red chilli powder, turmeric powder and few cups of water and make a semi thick batter.
• In a wok heat enough oil for frying and heat till smoke point.
• One by one dip potato balls in besan batter and deep fry it till golden colour.
• Serve hot with tomato ketchup or green chutney.

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