Batata Vada

Ingredients

• Potatoes -1kg
  
• Onions, chopped finely-3,4
• Bengal gram flour (besan) -2 cups
• Green chillies -3-4
• A small piece ginger
• Garlic-4 cloves
• Grated coconut -2 tbsp
• Sugar to taste
• Juice of one lime
• A few sprigs coriander leaves, chopped
• Salt to taste
• Oil for deep frying
• Mustard seeds -1 tsp
• Turmeric powder -1 tsp
• Red chilli powder -1/2 tsp
• Cumin seeds -1 tsp
• A pinch of soda-bi carb (baking soda)

Method

• Pressure cook the potatoes till soft.
• Peel and mash. Set aside.
• Blend together the green chillies, garlic and ginger to a fine paste.
• Mix together the potato, onions, ginger/garlic/chilli paste, coriander leaves, sugar, lime juice and salt to taste.
• Heat a little oil and add the mustard seeds and curry leaves.
• When the mustard crackles, remove from heat and add to the potato mixture.Mix well.
• Make a smooth batter with the bengal gram flour, salt to taste, cumin seeds,red chilli powder and turmeric powder.
• Add a teaspoon of hot oil when making the batter.Let the batter remain thick.
• Divide the potato mixture into equal sized portions, the size of a lemon.
• Dip each ball in the batter and deep fry till golden brown in color.
• Serve hot with chutney/ketchup.