Potato(Batata) Vada

It is raining here!!! We hardly get rain here and when it rains whole day I just can't wait to eat any fried Indian snacks like bhajiya, vada, etc. Today I thought of making batata vada so that it also serves as anytime much or in dinner with a roasted corn cob.

To make Potato Vada you will need :-

For potato mixture:-

1-1/2 cup boiled and mashed potatoes

1 tablespoon ginger chilly paste

1 teaspoon sugar

Salt to taste

3-4 tablespoon chopped coriander leaves

1 teaspoon rasins (optional)

1 teaspoon cashewnut chopped (optional)

Pinch of turmeric powder

1 tablespoon garam masala

1/2 tablespoon lemon juice

1 tablespoon oil

1/4 teaspoon mustard seeds

Oil for frying

For outer cover :-

1-1/2 cup gram flour

Pinch of turmeric powder

Salt to taste

Pinch of cooking soda

1/4 cup water (adjust consistency)

Take a bowl and add mashed potatoes and all spices to it except oil and mustard seeds. Take a small pot and heat up oil and allow mustard seeds to crackle. Add this oil mixture to potato mixture and mix well. Put it aside. Make a small ball of your choice.

Now take a bowl and add all the ingredients to it except water and mix well. Add water some at time to make a thick paste.

Take an open pot, it must be wider and add oil to it and allow to heat up. When oil gets hot  take a potato mixture ball and add it to gram flour mixture and put it gently in oil Fry at medium heat. When it gets cooked properly take out of oil and serve with chutney or ketchup.