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Aloo Bonda/Potato Fritters -Not Deep fried!

Posted on August 19, 2017September 10, 2017

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Aloo Bonda/Potato Bonda/Urulakizhangu Bonda is a common tea time snack, that perfectly goes with  the evening tea. Its quite an easy recipe too. So, you might be wondering what’s with this recipe ?? 🙂 To know it, you definitely need to read it further 😉

I’m a huge fan of such snacks ,  like onion pakoda, samosa, cutlet and so on..especially to accompany my tea 😀 but off lately,I can’t handle much deep fried goodies :-/  Also  M,is not a fan of any snack made with besan/Chickpea flour/kadalamavu! sigh!! :-/  He has his own excuses for not liking it , that made me think for an alternative for Chickpea flour, and then I decided to go with wheat flour 😀

And now comes the second part, deep frying them. I have seen people using Appe pan/ Paniyara kallu for making such snacks.The first time I tried , it didn’t come out well, then I figured out what went wrong 🙂

So, for this recipe I have replaced besan with wheat flour and deep frying with frying in a Appe pan. You can definitely do this with usual way of making bonda too, its just because my family like this way ,I have replaced besan/kadalamavu.

Note: Although besan/kadalamavu/chickpea flour has its own benefits, some of us it may induce digestive issues , bloating, and gas formation  after having anything made with besan/kadalamavu flour. For them this is a best alternative! 😉 

Continue reading to know how this is done 😉

Aloo Bonda/Potato Bonda -healthy way (makes 10 -12 small bondas)

        ingredients

     Qty

For the filling:
Potatoes 2,3 medium boiled and mashed
onion 1 small, chopped
green chillies 2 , finely chopped
ginger 1/2″ finely chopped
mustard seeds 1/4 tsp
curry leaves, coriander leaves 4-5, torn , 1-2 tbsp chopped
coconut oil 1-2 tsp
for the coating
wheat flour/Chickepea flour 1/4 cup
all purpose flour/Maida/rice flour 1 tsp
water 1/2 cup
asafetodia 1/4 tsp
red chilli powder 1/4 tsp
turmeric powder 1/4 tsp
oil for frying 3- 4 tbsp or more
salt as required

Method:

  1. Mash the potatoes well without any lumps and set aside.
  2. In a pan, add coconut oil/oil add mustard seeds once hot, let it splutter, followed by curry leaves and green chillies and ginger.
  3. To which add chopped onions,  pinch of turmeric , salt as required as well. Let it soften and become translucent.
  4. Add mashed potatoes and combine everything well. Switch off.
  5. In a bowl take wheat flour , rice flour , red chilli powder, asafetodia ,and mix well. add water to make the batter.
  6. The batter has to bit loose unlike the usual bonda batter( usual bonda batter is kinda thick)
  7. now roll  into equal portions , and set aside.
  8. Heat the appe pan, brush with oil lightly . dip the portins one by one and place in the appe pan.
  9. Cover with a lid for  2 minutes, and turn it other side  and cover again for 2 minutes.
  10. Now open and let it fry until done, brush more oil if required.
  11. Take out the bonda, once the crust is browned . Serve hot with mint chutney or ketchup

       

     

Notes:

  1. you can also make the same way with usual bonda mix, but make sure to take it little thin .
  2. You may see the crust flaking( thats because we are using less oil)  , but dont worry ,the bondas will come out soft . 🙂
  3. The bonda did remain soft for more than 2hrs after preparing them.
  4. I cheated a bit 😉  Instead of sauteing the potato mix ,I  mixed everything and microwaved for 2-3 minutes. just to cook the onions.
  5. whichever batter base you are using, do not take it too thin or too thick. somewhere in the consistency of wheat dosa batter.


6) ഉണ്ണിയപ്പ ചട്ടിയിൽ എണ്ണ തടവി , ചൂടാക്കുക .


7) ചൂടാകുമ്പോൾ ഓരോ ഉരുളകൾ എടുത്ത് മിശ്രിതത്തിൽ മുക്കി ഓരോന്നായി അതിലേക് വെക്കുക .


8) മൂടികൊണ്ട് അടക്കുക , 2 മിനിറ്റ് ഇന് ശേഷം തുറന്നു മറ്റേ സൈഡ് തിരിച്ച വെക്കുക .


9) അടച്ചുവെച്ചു വീണ്ടും 2 മിനിറ്റ് വെച്ചശേഷം , തുറന്നു കുറച്ചു ഓയിൽ /എണ്ണ ബ്രഷ് ചെയ്‌തു കൊടുക്കുക .

until next time ,happy cooking!!

lekshmi 🙂 

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