Mashed Potato Bonda

Photo: flickr user Kirti Poddar

Ingredients

1 medium Onion

2 cups Potato buds

1 1/2 cups Peas and carrots

2 large Green chilies

1 teaspoon Lemon juice

1 cup Gram flour

1/2 teaspoon Mustard seed

pinch Turmeric

1/2 teaspoon Baking powder

1/4 inch piece Ginger

1 small bunch Coriander leaves

2 teaspoons Salt

Oil

Preparation

Mix potato buds and 1/2 teaspoon of salt with 1 cup of hot water. Finely chop ginger, chilies, coriander leaves, and onion. Heat oil (about 5 Tbsp) and add mustard seeds. Add chopped ingredients and fry until onions are brown.

Add carrots, peas, turmeric and 1 tsp of salt and cook on low heat for about 10 minutes. Add potato (now mashed) and fry for 5 minutes. Remove from heat, add lemon juice and let cool; set aside.

Combine gram flour, 3 Tbsp of oil, 3/4 cup water, 1/2 tsp salt, the Baking powder and mix thoroughly.

After the batter is prepared, make small balls out of the filling and roll them in the batter. Fry them in the hot oil.