Batata Wada



Batata wada

Ingredients:
2-3 medium sized potatoes (boiled, peeled and mashed)
a pinch of hing
1 heaped tsp mustard seeds
15-20 curry leaves
2-4 green chillies
salt to taste
1/4 tsp turmeric
1 tbsp coriander leaves
1-2 cloves garlic
1 inch ginger
2 heaped tbsp gram flour
1/2 tbsp wheat flour
1 tsp red chilly powder
2 tsp cumin coriander powder (dhania jeera powder)
a pinch of garam masala
1 tsp ajwain (Carom seeds)
Oil to deep fry


Procedure:
1. Grind together ginger, garlic, green chillies and coriander.
2. Mash the potatoes.
3. Heat oil in a pan, add mustard seed, hing and curry leaves.
4. Pour this tempering on the mashed potatoes, add the ginger-coriander paste.
5. Add salt. Mix well. Make small balls and keep aside.
6. In a bowl, mix together gram flour, wheat flour, turmeric, red chilly powder, dhania jeera powder, garam masala, ajwain and salt. Add water to make a paste.If lifted by a spatula it should flow in a ribbon like consistency.
7. Heat some oil in a pan (preferably kadhai). To check if oil is hot enough, drop a tsp of batter in it. If the batter immediately floats to the surface the oil is read to fry the vadas.
8. Add a spoonful of oil to the batter and mix well.
9. Dip the potato ball in the batter. Coat it well. Let the extra batter drip away and add it to the hot oil. Add 2-4 vadas in the pan and fry the vadas till golden brown.

Serve hot with green chutney, garlic chutney and tomato ketcup.

Comments

Anonymous said…
Here's a tip:

a) to make the vadas crispy, add a bit of wheat flour to the gram flour batter.

b) add ajwain to the gram flour. keeps your tummy healthy.

3) and vadas are best served hot with the green chutney made of green chillis, garlic and cocunut.

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