Friday, November 14, 2014

Batata Vada

Ingredients :

Potato Stuffing
  • Potatoes- 5
  • Onion - 1 
  • Green chillies - 12-15
  • Cumin - 2 tsps
  • Salt - per taste
  • Coriander leaves - 4 tblsps
  • Garlic cloves - 5
  • Ginger- grated- 2 tsps
  • lemon juice - 1-2 tsps
  • Sugar - a pinch
Cover:
  • Besan - 3 tea cups
  • Salt - per taste
  • Red chilli powder - 1 n half - 2 tsps
  • Rice Flour - 3 Tblsps
  • Water - 1-2 tea cups -as required
Oil - for frying

Procedure :

  • Boil Potatoes(5). Let them cool down. Peel the cover and mash.
  • Grind greenchillies (12), garlic cloves(4), ginger(small piece), cumin (2 tsps) together adding very little water.
  • Check taste and add more green chillies if required. Grind together once more.
  • Chop 1 onion. Heat some oil( 1/2 tsp) in a pan  and fry the chopped onion on it until translucent.
  • Add  greenchilli paste, fried onion, salt, sugar(a pinch) , chopped coriander leaves to mashed potatoes.
  • Mix well. Potato stuffing is ready.
  • For the cover, take besan and rice flour and mix them. 
  • Add water, red chilli powder  and salt to the flours. Add water in parts so that the batter doesnt get too liquidy. The batter should be a little thick so that it binds to the potato stuffing. 
  • Heat oil . Take a small portion of the potato stuffing, make a round ball with your plans, dip it in the batter for the cover and deep fry until golden brown.
  • Serve hot with chopped onion and garlic chutney !

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