easy aloo bonda recipe | batata vada recipe | potato bonda | bonda recipe
Recipe Snapshot
- Prep time: 10 minutes
- Cook time: 30 minutes
- Total time: 40 minutes
- Yield: 6 Servings
- Category: snacks
- Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients
for potato masala:
- 2 tsp oil
- 1 tsp mustard seeds / rai
- ½ tsp jeera / cumin seeds
- ½ tsp coriander seeds (crushed)
- pinch of hing / asafoetida
- few curry leaves (chopped)
- 6 cashews (broken)
- 1 small sized onion (finely chopped)
- 1 inch ginger (finely chopped)
- ½ tsp turmeric / haldi
- 1 green chilli (finely chopped)
- ½ tsp kashmiri red chilli powder / lal mirch powder
- salt to taste
- ¼ tsp garam masala powder
- 3 medium sized potato (boiled, peeled and mashed)
- 2 tbsp coriander leaves (finely chopped)
- 1 tbsp lemon juice
for batter:
- 1 cup besan / gram flour
- ¼ cup corn flour
- ¼ tsp turmeric / haldi
- salt to taste
- ¼ tsp kashmiri red chilli powder / lal mirch powder
- ¼ tsp ajwain / carom seeds
- water as required
- 1 tsp oil
- ¼ tsp baking soda
- oil for deep frying
Method
- firstly, in a large kadai heat oil and add mustard seeds, jeera, crushed coriander seeds, hing and few curry leaves.
- allow to splutter.
- further add broken cashews and roast to golden.
- additionally saute chopped onions, ginger and chilli.
- furthermore add in turmeric, chilli powder, garam masala powder and salt. saute.
- now add in boiled and mashed potato mix well.
- additionally, add in coriander leaves and lemon juice.
- prepare the besan batter.
- also make a ball from the prepared aloo masala.
- further, dip into besan batter and deep fry in hot oil.
- fry till the bonda turns golden and crisp.
- finally, serve aloo bonda along with chutney or tomato sauce.
Kiyaan Singh’s Kitchen Note
Keep this recipe as a working base: cook once as written, then adjust spice, texture, and serving style for your own table.