Bonda With Instant Mashed Potato
Grrrrrgh!
Course : Curry
From: HungryMonster.com
Serves: 1
 

Ingredients:

  Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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   1      medium        onion
   2      cups          potato buds
   1 1/2  cups          peas and carrots
   2      big           ones green chilies
   1      teaspoon      lemon juice
   1      cup           gram flour
     1/2  teaspoon      mustard seed
   1      pinch         turmeric
     1/2  teaspoon      baking powder
   1                    /                " piece ginger
   1      small   bunc  coriander leaves
   2      teaspoons     salt
                        oil
 

Preparation:

The filling is prepared as follows: Mix potato buds and 1/2 teaspoon of salt with 1 cup of hot water. Finely chop ginger, chilies, coriander leaves, and onion. Heat oil (about 5 Tbsp) and add mustard seeds. Add chopped ingredients and fry until onions are brown. Add carrots, peas, turmeric and 1 tsp of salt and cook on low heat for about 10 minutes. Add potato (now mashed) and fry for 5 minutes. Remove from heat, add lemon juice and let cool. The batter is prepared as follows: Combine gram flour, 3 Tbsp of oil, 3/4 cup water, 1/2 tsp salt, the baking powder and mix thoroughly After the batter is prepared, make small balls out of the filling and roll them in the batter. Next fry it in hot oil. You will get about 20-30 small bondas. This recipe was taken from Saranya Mandava's book on Indian cuisine