Potato Bonda - Aloo Bonda - Tea time snack recipe

Potato bonda / Aloo bonda is a deep fried delicious snack prepared with potatoes and chickpea flour batter. Best for tea time snacks or rainy day snacks. This is one such recipe which i prepareoftenly, but it taken ages for me to include in my blog 😉

Ingredients

For  potato balls

•    Potatoes – 3 medium size
•    Onion chopped – 1
•    Green chilli – 2
•    Coriander leaves – 2 tbsp finely chopped
•    Salt to taste
•    Oil for deep frying

   For the Batter

•    Gram flour / Besan flour – 3/4 cup
•    Rice flour – 1/4 cup
•    Red chilli powder – 1 tsp
•    Turmeric powder – 1/4 tsp
•    Baking soda – a pinch
•    Asafoetida – a pinch
•    Salt as required
•    Water as required

Method

How to make potato balls

1. Boil and smash the potatoes.
2. Add onions, chili, coriander leaves and salt.
3. Divide the potato mixture equally and make balls out of it.

How to prepare bonda batter

1. Take a bowl, mix together gram flour, rice flour, turmeric powder, chilli powder, salt and baking soda.
2. Add water little by little ans mix it well so that the batter is neither thin nor too thick, thats the consistency to coat the potato balls. This is the bonda batter. 
3. Dip potato balls in the prepared batter in such a way it is well coated on all the sides.

Deep fry the oil

1. Heat the oil, drop a small drop of batter into the oil, it raises immediately then the oil is ready for frying.
2. On medium flame, drop 3 of the batter coated potato balls into the oil.
   Do deep fry, flip it over and fry until it turns golden brown.
   Remove from oil and place it on a paper towel to drain excess oil. Repeat the same for the all the potato balls.
3. Potato bondas can be served with coconut chutney or green chutney.

Boiled and smashed potatoes

Add onions, chili, coriander leaves and salt

 

Make balls out of it

Mix together gram flour, rice flour, turmeric powder, chilli powder, salt and baking soda.

Add water and mix it together

Batter is neither thin nor too thick

Dip and coat it well