Potato Bondas - A Quick Snack Recipe

By garciamoss

If you have boiled potatoes in hand, these aloo bondas will come together very quickly and make for a super quick snack for tea. Even if they go cold, the taste is not compromised much.

Ingredients

• 3 medium-sized potatoes
• 1 onion, chopped
• 1 tsp of ginger garlic paste
• 2-3 green chillies, deseeded and minced
• 1 cup of besan / kadalai maavu
• 1/2 tsp of red chilli powder
• A fat pinch of hing / asafoetida
• 1/4 tsp of turmeric powder
• A small pinch of soda powder (soda bi carb)
• Salt to taste
• 1 tbsp of oil + enough to deep fry
• A small bunch of coriander leaves

Details

Adapted from cookingandme.com

Preparation

Step 1

1. Boil the potatoes until soft, peel, mash and set aside.

2. Heat the 1 tbsp oil and lightly saute the onions, ginger, , chillies, and garlic until the onions turn golden brown. Add the mashed potatoes and salt and mix well to combine. Add the chopped coriander leaves. Cook for another 2 mins and aside to cool.

3. Once cool, make small balls of this potato mixture and set aside.

4. Make a thickish paste with the besan, chilli powder, salt, turmeric, and hing. The soda powder is optional but I do add a tiny pinch each time.

5. Heat oil for deep frying, dip each of the potato balls into the besan mixture and drop gently into the hot oil.

6. Fry until the bondas turn golden brown. Drain and set aside on a kitchen towel.