Batata Vada -- Potato Dumplings -- Indian Fast Food Recipe by Ruchi Bharani - Vegetarian [HD] INGREDIENTS- 5 potatoes boiled and coarsely mashed curry leaves 8-10 cloves of garlic 1 big piece ginger 5 green chillies coriander leaves 1/2 teaspoon mustard seeds 1 and 1/2 tablespoon oil 1 and 1/2 cup gram flour turmeric powder asafoetida salt to taste soda bicarbonate 1 tablespoon cornflour 1/2 teaspoon red chilli powder
METHOD For the filling - - Grind all three aromatics (garlic, ginger and green chillies) together into a coarse paste. - Heat 1 & 1/2 tbsp. oil in a pan. Add mustard seeds. Once they start spluttering, add asafoetida (heeng) and curry leaves. Add the ginger, chilli and garlic paste. Saute it for a minute. - Add coarsely mashed potatoes and the remaining seasoning ingredients (turmeric powder, salt and coriander leaves). Mix well. - Keep the potato filling aside and let it cool down completely.
For the batter - - In a mixing bowl, add gram flour, 1 tbsp. cornflour, 1/4 teaspoon turmeric powder, 1/2 teaspoon red chilli powder, 1/4 tsp. asafoetida or heeng and salt to taste. Add water and whisk it into a smooth pouring consistency batter.
Frying - - Make 1 & 1/2 inch balls of potato filling. - Just before frying, add 2 pinches of soda bicarbonate into the batter. Pour some hot oil over it and let it react and mix it together. - Dip the potato balls well into the batter and add them to the hot oil. - Fry them on a medium flame. Let them turn golden brown. Flip them well. - Remove the ready vadas on a kitchen towel so that all the excess oil is absorbed. - Serve them hot with coriander mint chutney and spicy garlic chutney
