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If you have boiled potatoes in hand, these aloo bondas will come together very quickly and make for a super quick snack for tea. Even if they go cold, the taste is not compromised much.
Aloo Bonda | Potato Bonda Recipe
Preparation time: 15 minutes
Cooking time: 15 minutes
Makes 12-15 bondas
Recipe source: Amma
Ingredients:
3 medium-sized potatoes
1 onion, chopped
1 tsp of ginger garlic paste
2-3 green chillies, deseeded and minced
1 cup of besan / kadalai maavu
1/2 tsp of red chilli powder
A fat pinch of hing / asafoetida
1/4 tsp of turmeric powder
A small pinch of soda powder (soda bi carb)
Salt to taste
1 tbsp of oil + enough to deep fry
A small bunch of coriander leaves
How to Make Urulaikizhangu Bonda
1. Boil the potatoes until soft, peel, mash and set aside.
2. Heat the 1 tbsp oil and lightly saute the onions, ginger, , chillies, and garlic until the onions turn golden brown. Add the mashed potatoes and salt and mix well to combine. Add the chopped coriander leaves. Cook for another 2 mins and aside to cool.
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3. Once cool, make small balls of this potato mixture and set aside.
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4. Make a thick-ish paste with the besan, chilli powder, salt, turmeric, and hing. The soda powder is optional but I do add a tiny pinch each time.
5. Heat oil for deep frying, dip each of the potato balls into the besan mixture and drop gently into the hot oil.
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6. Fry until the bondas turn golden brown. Drain and set aside on a kitchen towel.
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When hot enough to handle, serve with thick coconut chutney.
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If amma makes snacks, anything goes, even aloo bondas 🙂
Bonda looks very tempting. Rarely make this one though. Lazy me make the plain one 😉
I on the other hand love anything that has potatoes. The bondas look delicious!
Deep fried wonder. I love it with "getti thengai chutney" 🙂
how very tempting.. reminding me of college days when mom used to make these by the time I come home 🙂
Love them!
Too many tempting deep-fried things!
Hi Nags,
Recently started following ur blog. It's awesome!
wow very tempting recipe,luks gr8!
Looks absolutely delicious and wish i can grab 🙂 some… looks like someone's having a wonderful holiday, enjoy girl 🙂
u r tempting me 🙂 i need bonda now !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Perfect during the rainy season…cant stop with one!!