Batata Vada
Batata Vada is a famous street food snack of India. They are spiced potato balls coated in gram flour batter and deep fried. They can be served with chutney or in a bread roll as a sandwich. It is a delicious recipe which goes best along with tea.
Ingredients
- 250 gm of potatoes or 4 medium potatoes
- 1 cup gram flour {Besan )
- 2 cups water
- 1 pinch baking soda
- A handful of chopped cilantro
- A sprig of curry leaves {Kadi Patta)
- 1 tablespoon of ginger garlic paste
- 1/4 teaspoon tumeric powder
- 1 teaspoon cumin seeds
- 1 teaspoon mustard seeds
- 2-3 pinches of asafoetida Hing
- 1/2 teaspoon sugar
- Salt to taste
- 2 chopped green chilies
- 1 tablespoon oil
- 1 teaspoon lemon juice
- Oil for frying
Instructions
- Boil and mash potatoes coarsely
- Take a pan and heat 1 tablespoon oil
- Add curry leaves and fry till they turn crisp
- Add the cumin-seeds, mustard seeds and green chilies Fry till it lets aroma
- Add the potatoes, tumeric powder , ginger garlic paste salt to taste and sugar
- Add Cilantro
- Mix well and cook on low heat for 2 minutes
- Add lemon juice and turn off heat
- Let the mixture cool and make small balls
- Put the potato balls on a plate
- Take bowl add the gram flour , salt , pinch of baking soda and Hing (Aforetida)
- Add water to make the batter of a consistency that is not too thick nor too thin
- Make oil hot in a pan, dip the balls in the batter to cover them well and fry the potato Vadas Let them fry for a little before you turn them over
- Remove them on kitchen paper towel
- Serve with green chutney or ketchup or any other chutney of your choice
