Batate Ambado / Batata Vada / Aloo Bonda 👉 Fried 🍟 Potato Fritters With Hot Cup of Coffee ☕

Batata Ambado Is A Classic Konkani Amchi Dish That Is Like By All Potato Lovers.💞& Served With Ketchup or Some Spicy Chutney.

Ingredients

6 Potatoes medium sized
4 to 6 Green chillies finally chopped
2 sprig 🌿curry leaves chopped
Hand full of coriander leaves, chopped
1 inch ginger finely chopped
2 tbsp Freshly grated coconut … optional
Salt to taste
1/4 tbsp Hing /asofoetida & turmeric powder
Lemon 🍋

For tempering

2 tbsp 🌴Coconut oil
1/2 tbsp Mustard seeds
1/2 tbsp Urad dal
🌿1 sprig Curry leaves

For the batter

1 cup Besan /chick pea flour
3 tbsp rice flour
Water
Salt
1/4 tsp Cumin seeds
1 tbsp Red chilli power
1/4 Turmeric power
🌴Coconut oil for frying

Method

Boil the potatoes with the skin until tender in enough water so as to completely immerse the potatoes.. When done, drain the water, let the potatoes cool completely. Peel the cooled potatoes, mash it thoroughly in a bowl. The batter should be thick enough to shape it into balls. Add salt, green chillies, coriander leaves,curry leaves, ginger, and freshly grated coconut and mix well.

Tempering

In a small frying pan, heat oil. Add mustard seeds. Once the mustard seeds splutter, add the urad dal, saute for few seconds until the urad dal turns slightly golden in color. Add the curry leaves. Turn off the flame. Add this tempering Hing / asofoetida & turmeric powder to the mashed potatoes and mix well.Pinch a lime size portion of the potato mixture and shape it into a ball using your hand. ✋ Do this with all the available potato mixture. Keep aside in a plate.

Batter

In another deep bowl, mix together besan and 3 tbsp rice flour…add water to a smooth 👉mixture that has the consistency of a idli batter👈 The batter should not have any lumps . It should not be too 💁thick or too thin. Now add to this mixture salt, red chilli powder, Turmeric power , pinch hing and cumin seeds. Mix well and keep aside.

In a kadai, heat enough oil so as to completely immerse the potato balls. The oil should be so hot that if you put in it a drop of batter, it should immediately float to the top.

Dip each of the potato balls in the prepared batter until it is completely covered by the batter.Now gently drop this batter covered potato ball into the hot oil. Reduce heat and fry on medium low flame until the outer cover starts turning golden yellow.Flip them using a slotted spoon and fry the other side. When done remove from flame.. Drain on tissue paper.

Serve Hot Hot with ketchup…😘😋😋👌👌