BATATA VADA

Preparation time: 20 minutes

Cooking time: 20 minutes

Serves: 8-10 vadas

 

Ingredients:

4-5 medium sized Potatoes
1 chopped green chilly
1.5 tbsp ginger garlic paste
a few chopped coriander leaves
1/2+ 1/4 tsp catch sabzi masala
1/4 tsp degi mich powder
salt as per taste
1.5 cups gram flour
1/2 tsp turmeric powder (optional)
a pinch of soda bi-carbonate
oil for deep frying

Method:

1. Boil,cool,peel and mash the potatoes well.
2. Heat a 1tbsp of oil and add ginger garlic paste.
3. Add mashed potatoes,1/2 tsp.sabzi masala,degi mirch powder,chopped chilies ,coriander leaves and salt and mix well. Let the mixture cool.
4. Make lemon sized balls of the potato mixture. Keep aside
5. Now take the gram-flour, add turmeric powder,1/4 tsp sabzi masala,soda-bicarbonate and salt to it.
6. You can also add a pinch of red chilly powder to it.
7. Add water little by little and make a slightly thick batter of coating consistency .There shouldn't be any lumps in it.
8. Heat oil in a wok (kadahi) and dip each potato ball in the besan batter.
9. Coat the ball evenly with the gram flour batter. Pick up the batter coated ball with the help of a spoon or fork and carefully drop or place it in  hot oil.
10. Fry them on medium flame till golden brown in color from all sides.
11. Serve hot with green chutney ,tamarind chutney or ketchup.