Todays post is a well known street food of Mumbai. It can be made at home in just 15 mins and makes a lipsmacking combo with piping hot cup of tea. These delicious fritters are liked by both adults and kids alike. In this recipe, the turmeric and spicy flavored potato dumplings are dipped in gram flour batter and deep fried. Lets see how to prepare this tasty snack…
Ingredients
To make batter
Potatoes - 2
Besan flour - 1 ½ cups
Rice flour - 1 tbsp
Red chilly pwd - 1 tsp
Baking soda - a pinch
Turmeric pwd - a pinch
Pepper pwd - ¼ tsp
Salt to taste
To make stuffing
Oil - 1 tsp
Mustard - ¼ tsp
Curry leaves - 5 to 6
Split urad dal - ¼ tsp
Green chilly - 1
Ginger - small piece
Turmeric pwd - a pinch
Lemon juice - few drops
Coriander leaves
Salt to taste
Oil to deep fry
Instructions
1.
Wash and cook potatoes till soft
2.
Peel and skin and mash it
3.
Set it aside
4.
Let it see how to make batter to dip the potato balls
5.
In a mixing bowl, take gram flour (besan flour or kadalai maavu), rice flour, red chilly pwd, baking soda, salt, turmeric pwd and pepper pwd
6.
Add warm water little by little and mix it to smooth paste
7.
The consistency of the batter shouldn’t be runny
8.
Heat oil in a frypan
9.
Add mustard, curry leaves, split urad dal and cumin
10.
Wait to splutter
11.
Add finely sliced green chilly and ginger
12.
Stir well
13.
Add turmeric pwd and salt
14.
Add the cooked and mashed potato
15.
Combine together with the masala
16.
Cook covered in low flame for 5 mins
17.
Squeeze few drops of lemon juice
18.
Turn off flame
19.
Sprinkle finely chopped coriander leaves
20.
Allow to cool and make it to small round balls
21.
Heat oil in a fry pan to deep fry the vadas
22.
Take one potato ball, dip it in the batter
23.
Drop carefully in the hot oil
24.
Deep fry until the vadas turn golden brown all over
25.
Strain and remove in kitchen tissue
26.
Lipsmacking delicious batata vadas are ready