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Aloo Bonda

This potato bonda is a fried tea time snack from the South Indian cuisine. Aloo bonda is made with gram flour & rice flour batter & stuffed with spiced mashed potato filling.
Prep Time30 mins
Cook Time30 mins
Total Time1 hr
Course: Snacks
Cuisine: South Indian
Servings: 3 to 4
Author: Dassana Amit

Ingredients

for aloo bonda batter

  • 1 cup besan (gram flour or chickpea flour)
  • ¼ cup Rice Flour
  • ⅓ to ½ cup water or add as required
  • ¼ teaspoon turmeric powder
  • ½ teaspoon red chili powder
  • 1 pinch asafoetida (hing)
  • 1 pinch baking soda (optional)
  • salt as required

for stuffing

  • 4 to 5 medium sized potatoes
  • 1 medium sized onion - finely chopped
  • 1 or 2 green chilies, finely chopped
  • 12 to 15 curry leaves
  • 2 tablespoon chopped coriander leaves
  • 1 teaspoon Ginger Garlic Paste
  • ½ teaspoon turmeric powder
  • 1 pinch asafoetida (hing)
  • 1 teaspoon mustard seeds
  • ⅓ to ½ teaspoon lemon juice or as required
  • 1 or 1.5 teaspoon urad dal (spilt and husked black gram)
  • 1 to 1.5 tablespoon oil
  • salt as required

other ingredients

  • oil for deep or shallow frying

Instructions

making stuffing

  • First boil the potatoes in a pan or steamer or pressure cooker. Then peel and mash them when still warm.
  • Heat oil in a frying pan. Add the mustard and urad dal.
  • Allow the mustard seed to splutter and the urad dal to get golden.
  • Add the chopped onion and saute till they are translucent and soften.
  • Now add the ginger-garlic paste, curry leaves and green chilies. Saute for a minute.
  • Add the turmeric powder, asafoetida and stir. Now add the coriander leaves and stir.
  • Add the potatoes to this mixture or add this sauted mixture to the potatoes. Stir well.
  • If there is moisture, then you can cook the potato mixture for a few minutes.
  • Add lemon juice & salt. Mix well.
  • Check the seasoning and add more salt or red chili powder or lemon juice if required.
  • Make medium sized balls from this mixture.

batter

  • Prepare a thick flowing batter with all the ingredients mentioned above in the 'for aloo bonda batter' list.

frying aloo bonda

  • Heat oil for deep frying in a kadai or pan. Dip each potato ball in the batter and coat it well with the batter.
  • Add the batter coated potato balls in the medium hot oil.
  • Fry till golden on both sides. Drain them on paper towels to remove excess oil.
  • Serve aloo bonda hot with coconut chutney or tomato ketchup.