Bombay Bonda
Ingredients
Filling:
- 3 large potatoes
- 1 large onion minced
- 2 tablespoon oil
- ¼ teaspoon mustard
- ¼ teaspoon channa dhal
- 5 green chilies minced
- 1-inch ginger minced
- ¼ turmeric
- ¼ teaspoon hing
- 1 bunch cilantro chopped
- Salt to taste
- 1 lemon squeezed
Outer cover:
- ½ cup of Besan
- ½ cup of Rice flour
- ½ teaspoon red chili powder
- Salt to taste
- ½ cup of water
- 3 cups of oil to fry
Directions
- Boil the potatoes and dice it into small pieces.
- Heat 2 tablespoons of oil in a frying pan and add mustard seeds, hing, channa dal and turmeric.
- When the mustard seeds split, add green chilies and minced onion.
- Let the onion turn translucent then add potatoes.
- Add salt to taste.
- Mix well for 3 mintutes, remove from the flame and add chopped cilantro and lemon juice.
- After it cools make small balls out of this mixture.
Cover – batter:
- Mix Besan, Rice flour, chili powder, and salt.
- Add enough water to make it a liquid dough (the consistency should be thick).
Make the Bondas
- Heat 3 cups of oil on medium heat.
- Take each filling ball and dip it in the batter.
- Slowly release it into the oil.
- Cook it until golden brown.
- Remove from the oil and let it drain on paper.
- Repeat the process until all the filling is complete.
- Serve with chutney.