Urulaikkizhangu BONDA
Potato – 6 medium, boiled and mashed
Onion – 2 small, chopped finely
Green chilli – 3, chopped finely
Urad dal – ½
tbsp.
Mustard seeds – ¼ tsp
Turmeric powder – ¼ tsp
Lemon juice – 1-2 tsp
Curry leavesFor coating
Besan (gram flour) – ¾ cup
Rice flour – 1.5 tbsp.
Chilli powder – 1 tsp
Asafetida –
½ tsp
Hot oil – 1 tbsp.
Bicarbonate of soda – ½ tsp
Salt
Heat oil in a pan and crackle the mustard seeds.
Add urad dal and fry, till it turns brown.
Add chopped onion, curry leaves and green chilli
and cook till the onion becomes soft, no need to brown it.
Add turmeric powder and cook for a min.
Remove from fire.
Let it cool for 10-15 mins.
Add the cooked onion mixture, salt and lemon juice
to mashed potatoes.
Mix well.
Make balls of equal size from the potato mixture.
For the coating
Mix together besan, rice flour, chilli powder,
asafetida, hot oil, bicarbonate of soda and salt.
Add ½ – ¾ cup water and make a thick batter.
The consistency of the batter should be medium
thick.
Heat oil in a deep and wide pan.
When the oil becomes really hot, reduce the flame
to low-medium.
Dip the poatato balls in the batter and fry in the
hot oil.
Flip the balls after a min or two.
Fry it till it becomes golden brown in colour.
Serve hot with tomato ketchup and chutney.
Rajappa
17-7-2014
