Aloo Besan Bondas

Name: Aloo Besan Bondas
Total time: 3000 s
Yield: 2-3 servings
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 2 cups besan; 1 cup rice flour; 1/2 tsp orange food colouring; Pinch asaefotida; to taste Salt as required; 2 tsp red chilli powder; 1 tsp turmeric powder; 4-6 medium sized potatoes peels & boiled; 1 cup green peas boiled; 2-3 chopped green chillies; 1/2 a lemon; Few mustard seeds; Few cumin seeds; Handful peanuts; as needed Oil for frying; as needed Water as required to make batter

Supraja Nagarathinam @cook_13583444

Chennai, Tamil Nadu

#besan recipe
A close friend of mine suggested I make aloo bondas as they were her favourite evening snack. This dish is filling and best enjoyed with a cup of hot tea. The tangy taste of the lime and the crunch of the peanuts are a heavenly match!

Supraja Nagarathinam @cook_13583444

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Ingredients

40-50 mins

2-3 servings

2 cupsbesan
1 cuprice flour
1/2 tsporange food colouring
Pinchasaefotida
to tasteSalt as required
2 tspred chilli powder
1 tspturmeric powder
4-6medium sized potatoes peels & boiled
1 cupgreen peas boiled
2-3chopped green chillies
1/2a lemon
Few mustard seeds
Few cumin seeds
Handfulpeanuts
as neededOil for frying
as neededWater as required to make batter

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Steps

40-50 mins

1

Make a thick batter with the besan, rice flour, salt, asaefotida, food colouring and water. Set aside.
2

Make a mash of the boiled potatoes and peas.
3

Fry the chillies, cumin, mustard seeds, peanuts in oil for 2-3 mins.
4

Add the chilli powder, turmeric, salt, fried peanuts and chillies to the potato mash. Mix well.
5

Squeeze in juice of half a lime to the mixture.
6

Apply a tsp oil on both palms and roll the mixture into medium sized balls. Freeze them for 10 mins before the final step.
7

Dip the potato balls in the besan batter until it’s coated well. Then drop it one by one into hot oil. Deep fry until it’s cooked all the way through.
8

Once cooked remove the bondas from pan. Drain off excess oil on tissues. Serve hot with chutney of choice or tomato ketchup.