Batata Wada

Batata Wada

Ingredients

3/4 lb Potatoes, 4 onions medium (chopped finely), 2 cups Bengal gram flour, 4 green  chillies, A small  piece of ginger,4 cloves  garlic, 2 tsp grated coconut, Sugar to taste, Juice of one lime, Coriander leaves A few sprigs (chopped), Oil for deep frying, l tsp Mustard seeds, l tsp Turmeric powder,1 tsp  Red chilli powder, 1/2 tsp Cumin seeds , 1 tsp A pinch of soda bi crab (baking soda), Salt as  per  taste.

Method

Boil potatoes, peel and slightly mash. Blend together the green chillies, garlic and ginger to a fine paste. Mix together the potato onions, ginger and garlic chilli paste coriander leaves, sugar, lime juice and salt to taste, Heat a little oil and add the mustard seeds and curry leaves. When  the mustard  crackles,  remove  from heat  and  add to the  potato  mixture  and mix well. Make  a smooth  batter with the Bengal  gram  flour,  salt to taste,  cumin  seeds red  chilli  powder  and  turmeric  powder. Add  a teaspoon  of hot oil  when  making the batter.  Let the batter  remain thick  Divide  the potato  mixture  into  equal  sized  portions,the  size  of a lemon.  Dip each  ball  in the  batter  and  deep fry till  golden  brown  in color  and serve.