Potato Bonda Recipe Flavoured With Sambar Powder

Aloo bonda or potato bonda is a south Indian tea time snack and this recipe is a twist to the traditional bonda recipe; This recipe uses both garam masala and sambar powder, giving a nice taste to the recipe. Potato Bonda Recipe Flavoured With Sambar Powder is made in local tea shops of South India. Prepare this recipe with very less effort when you have unexpected guests coming home, or on a rainy evening for the whole family, or as an after school snack for kids. Course : Snack Ingridients : Oil , to deep fry For Batter 1/2 cup Gram flour (besan) 3 tablespoons Corn flour 1/2 teaspoon Red Chilli powder 1/2 teaspoon Garam masala powder Asafoetida (hing) , a pinch Cooking soda , a pinch Salt , to taste For Stuffing 2 Potatoes (Aloo) , boiled, and mashed 1/2 cup Green peas (Matar) , (optional) 1 teaspoon Cumin seeds (Jeera) 1/2 teaspoon Mustard seeds (Rai/ Kadugu) Salt , to taste Asafoetida (hing) , a pinch 2 teaspoons Sambar Powder 1 teaspoon Coriander Powder (Dhania) 1/2 teaspoon Red Chilli powder 1/4 teaspoon Turmeric powder (Haldi) 2 teaspoons Oil , hot Instructions To begin making Potato Bonda Recipe Flavoured With Sambar Powder, get prep with all the ingredients needed.Heat oil in a pan, once the oil is hot, add mustard seeds and cumin seeds. Once it splutters add green peas and saute well.Add the mashed potato to it and add little water along with required salt. Cook on medium heat.Add turmeric powder, chilli powder, asafoetida, sambar powder and coriander powder to it. Stir well and cook.Keep mashing the pieces with ladle and cook until water evaporates and combined.The stuffing is ready. Remove from flame and allow it to cool, make small balls from it and keep aside. Heat oil in a kadai/deep frying pan for frying bonda.Meanwhile, for making batter, take all the ingredients mentioned under “for batter” and mix well adding little water.The batter has to be thick enough to coat the potato balls. Dip the prepared potato balls into the batter and drop into hot oil.Fry on medium heat until it turns golden on all sides. Remove from oil and drain excess oil on kitchen tissues.Serve Potato Bonda Recipe Flavoured With Sambar Powder along with tomato ketchup, Dhaniya Pudina Chutney Recipe, and Masala Chai Recipe.