Batata our Vadas!
Why go to the nearest street food stall when you can enjoy this amazing snack right at home. It will be a hit at home!
Ingredients
For the Potato Filling
For the Besan (Gram Flour) batter
Instructions
The filling
  1. In a pressure cooker or a normal saucepan, boil the potatoes.
  2. Mash the potatoes and make sure there are no lumps.
  3. Place a pan over medium hear and add some oil
  4. Once the oil is heated add mustard seeds and urad dal.
  5. When the mustard seeds start spluttering and the urad dal turns brown, add cumin seeds, curry leaves, chopped chilli, chopped ginger and asafoetida.
  6. Stir fry the spices until they are well cooked. Take care to not burn them.
  7. Add the turmeric powder.
  8. Now, add the tempered hot spices with the oil to the the mashed potatoes.
  9. Add salt.
  10. Mix the potatoes with the spice mixture with a spoon.
  11. Once the mixture has cooled down a bit. Use your hands and make equal sized medium balls of the potato mixture.
  12. Slightly flatten them.
  13. Keep aside
The vadas
  1. In a bowl add gram-flour, turmeric powder salt and a pinch of red chilly powder.
  2. Add the rice flour. (optional)
  3. Dip each potato patty or ball in the besan batter.
  4. Coat the ball evenly with the gram flour batter.
  5. In a hot oil in a deep fry pan, add the potato balls coated with gram flour paste.
  6. Fry them till golden brown.
  7. Serve hot.