Aloo bada recipe

 

Aloo bada or aloo bonda is a popular north Indian fried snack.

Ingredients

For filling:

boiled potatoes                               200g

onion                                                   1 medium

oil                                                          2 tsp

ginger                                                  ½ tsp

peanuts                                              ½ cup

cumin+mustard seeds+fennal seeds 1tsp

turmeric                                             ¼ tsp

garam masala                                   ¼ tsp

salt                                                        as per taste

To make the filling, mesh the potatoes and keep aside. Then heat oil in a pan and add cumin mustard and fennel seeds and let them crackle. Then add ginger turmeric and onion to it and let it cook a bit. Now add meshed potatoes, salt and peanut to it. Let it cool and make some balls out of it. The balls need not to be perfect J

For Gram flour paste:

Gram flour (corn flour or even normal flour can be used)100g

Baking powder                                1 pinch

Ajwain or lowage seeds                              ½ tsp

Salt                                                       per taste

Mix everything and add water and make a thick smooth paste. (you can use egg beater for making lumps free  paste)

When both of the above steps are complete, Heat oil to fry bada. Dip the balls into the gramflour paste and fry them. Serve it hot and enjoy!!!