Potato vada

Potato vada is known as batata vada in Mumbai. In chennai, it is known as potato bonda. The covering is same, but the filling is little different in the two.

Batata vada has garlic sans onion, while potato bonda has onion and sans garlic.

However, I make it as a fusion of both.

Here is the recipe.

Ingredients:

Boiled potatoes - 200gms
Onions - 2(chopped finely)
Garlic -few pods
Green chillies - 5
Ginger piece - about 2cm size
Coriander leaves - 1/2 cup
Aniseed - 1tsp
Chick pea flour (besan) - 4cups
Oil for frying
Salt to taste

Method:

Grind the green chillies, ginger and coriander into a smooth paste. Mix it with the boiled potatoes. Keep it aside.
Next, take a frying pan and fry the aniseed with some oil. Add the onion and garlic. Sauté it well.
Then add the potato mixer. Stir well and check for salt. Cool it and make equal size balls. Keep it aside.
Add water to the chickpea flour and make dough of pouring consistency.
In a frying pan heat some oil for deep frying. Then coat the potato balls one by one in the chick pea batter and dump it in the frying pan. Remove from oil when the coating turns slightly brown.