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Ingredients

20 min
3-4 servings
  1. For the potato stuffing:~
  2. 1 1/4 cup or 3 medium sized potatoes/ aloo (cubed)
  3. 1small onion (chopped or thinly sliced)
  4. 1 1/2 tbsp . Oil
  5. 1/8 tspturmeric/ haldi
  6. 1 sprigcurry leaves chopped
  7. 1/4 tsp.mustard seeds
  8. 1/4 tsp.jeera/ cumin
  9. 1/2 tsp.ginger grated
  10. to tasteSalt
  11. 2green chilies (slit or chopped)
  12. 1/4 tspcoriander powder
  13. 2generous pinches of saunf crushed / sompu/ fennel seeds(optional)
  14. 1/4 tsp.garam masala (optional)
  15. to tasteSalt
  16. 1/2 tsplemon juice optional
  17. as neededcoriander leaves optional
  18. For the outer covering:~
  19. 1/2 cupbesan / chickpea flour(1 tbsp more if needed)
  20. 2-3 tbsprice flour (1 tbsp more if needed)
  21. as neededwater
  22. to tasteSalt
  23. 2 pincheschilli powder for colour (optional)
  24. 1 pinchturmeric for colour
  25. as neededOil for deep frying

Cooking Instructions

20 min
  1. 1

    Preparation
    Steam or boil potatoes without making them mushy.
    Add oil to a hot pan and add dal, mustard and cumin. Saute ginger just for 30 secs.
    When the dals turn golden, add onions,salt, curry leaves and green chilies. When the onions turn golden, add the spice powders.
    Add potatoes and mash them. Mix well. Sprinkle lemon juice and coriander leaves.
    Cool this and make 6 to 8 balls.

  2. 2

    Making bonda batter
    Add all the ingredients to a bowl to make the batter. Add enough water and mix it well. Beat the batter well. It must be thick.

  3. 3

    Making aloo bonda
    Heat oil in a deep fry pan or kadai.
    When the oil is hot enough, do the heat test by dropping a drop of batter, it must rise in the oil slowly and should not sink or turn brown quickly.
    Dip each ball and drop in the hot oil.
    Each batch you can fry about 3 to 4 balls depending on the size of your pan and oil used.
    After a minute begin to stir and fry until golden.
    Repeat making all until all the balls are done.
    Drain the golden fried aloo bonda on to a kitchen tissue.

  4. 4

    Serve hot and yammi aalu bonda with green chutney

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