Aloo Bonda

Anyone for aloo bonda? Hot spicy aloo bonda and coffee… yum! 

Like samosa, aloo bonda is universally loved! 

Making this is little more time consuming than regular pakodas… but if you prepare palya(stuffing) before hand and keep everything ready, you can prepare bondas in no time. 

Do try!  

Ingredients

Stuffing(approximately makes 50 bondas)

Potato - 6-7 medium 

Onion - 2 big - finely chopped

Green chili - 3-4(medium spicy)

Ginger - a big piece - finely chopped 

Cilantro

Curry leaves

Mustard seeds 

Hing

Lemon juice

salt

Batter

Besan - 1 cup

Rice flour - 1/4 cup

Red chili powder

Hing

Salt

Soda - 1/2 tsp 

Hot oil - 2 tbsp - optional

Water

Method 

Make palya 

Peel and pressure cook potatoes for 1 whistle in little water. It shouldn’t be mushy. After pressure comes down, take potatoes out of the water in a different bowl, let it cool little bit and mash with your hands. Make sure there aren’t any big pieces. Meanwhile, in a pot make tadka with very little oil + mustard seeds. Once it splutters add hing, finely chopped curry leaves, ginger, onion, add little salt and sauté till translucent. Add turmeric, sauté. Then add mashed potatoes. Mix well. Off the stove, add cilantro and lemon juice. Let it cool little bit. 

Make small balls. Let it cool completely. 

Prepare batter

Take everything in a bowl for batter except water. Now add water and mix it to a thick batter. When you lift some batter in your finger it should coat your finger freely but not fall freely. Almost like a thick dosa batter. 

Heat oil in a kadai. Take aloo balls, dip in the batter and fry on both sides. 

Notes - 

• Palya should completely cool down. Otherwise bonda can become soft after cooling down. I made aloo balls, and let them cool down completely(as shown in the pic above), this way aloo balls stay firm.  
• You can store these palya balls and batter separately in fridge and take them out whenever needed.   
• Don’t skip soda in the batter. It gives an airy texture to the bondas. 
• Saw this tip online - add garam masala to palya for added flavor