Aloo Vada

Aloo Vada 

Today I am presenting Aloo Vada a north indian dish. Which taste awesome my mother cooks really well, I learned this recipe from her.

Ingredients

Potatoes – ½ kg

Garlic pods – 4

Ginger – ½  eanch  piece

Green chillies – 2 (finely chopped)

Coriander leaves – As reqd

Mustard seeds – 1 tsp

Cumin seeds – 1 tsp

Curry leaves – A few

Asafoetida – a pinch

Turmeric powder  - A pinch

Salt  - As reqd

Oil for frying

Green chillies – 3 nos

For the Batter:

Gram Flour – 1 ½  cups

Wheat flour – ½ cup

Cumin powder  - A pinch

Coriander powder – A pinch

Red chilly powder – A pinch

Salt – As reqd

Procedure

1. For making the filling, boil the potatoes.
2. Peel them off and cut them into small pieces.
3. Put chillies, garlic, ginger and some coriander into the mixer and grind them to a fine paste.
4. Heat oil in a pan.
5. Add mustard seeds, cumin seeds, asafetida and curry leaves.
6. Add finely chopped chillies and sauté.
7. Add turmeric powder.
8. Add potatoes and salt.
9. Stir well and cook for two minutes.
10. Add the ground paste and stir well.
11. Make small round balls of the above mixture and keep them aside.
12. For making a batter, mix together gram flour or besan and wheat flour.
13. Add all the powders together and make a smooth batter.
14. For making aloo vada, dip the potato balls into the batter and fry them till they become golden brown in colour.
15. Served hot with fried green chillies or coconut chutney.