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Today we will make Aloo bonda for fasting
It wil lbe tastier to eat
We will make it by frying and by not frying too.
Come, Let us start the cooking.
Firstly, we will prepare the potatoes.
We are using 5 boiled potatoes
We will peel them.
Now, we will finely break them.
Preheat a pan to roast the potatoes.
Add 2 teaspoons of oil in the pan and let it heat.
Add a half teaspoon of cumin seeds to it.
Saute it.
Turn the flame to low.
Add 3 to 4 finely chopped green chilli to it.
Add a teaspoon of grated ginger.
You can use ginger paste instead of it.
Roast the spices for a while
Now, we will add the mashed potatoes to it
Add a 3/4 teaspoon of rock salt to it
It is a salt usually consumed during the fasting
Add a 1/2 teaspoon of crushed black pepper to it
It is freshly coarsely ground
Stir and roast all the ingredients well.
Keep the flame on medium
Mash and roast the potatoes as shown
We have to mash it finely
We will add 2 to 3 tablespoons of finely chopped green coriander to it
Add the lemon juice of half lemon
approximately 1 to 1.5 tablespoons of lime juice.
Roast it more for a while
The potatoes has roasted well
The potatoes has cooked, switch off the flame
Pour it in a separate bowl to cool down
Now, we will make the batter for Bonda
We took a cup of buckwheat flour in a bowl
Add some water in the intervals to make the smooth batter
The batter is ready
It has a pouring consistency but, it isn't thinner.
It shouldn't be thicker
We will mix the spices to it
Add a 1/2 teaspoon of crushed black pepper
Add more than a 1/2 teaspoon of Sendha salt to it
Add a teaspoon of grated ginger to it
Mix all the ingredients well
The batter is ready
We took a cup of water to make the required amount
of the batter from which still, 1/4 cup of remaining
The potato has cooled down, we will form its lumps
You can make it according to your desired size
The balls of potato is ready
The batter is ready too.
Preheat oil to fry them
Let us check the temperature of oil
Add some batter in it
The batter is frying
The oil shouldn't be too much heated, it should be medium heated.
The flame should be medium
Add the Bondas to fry
Lift a potato ball and coat it with the batter
Pour some oil over them as shown
Fry them on the medium flame for 2-3 minutes
They have slightly fried from the bottom
We will flip them
Fry until it becomes brown from all the sides
Increase the flame too.
Turn it from medium to high
They have fried golden brown from all the sides
We will drain them out
Fry rest of Bondas likewise
We fried the Bondas
4 to 5 minutes was acquired to fry a single round of it
We have to cook it without frying too.
We will use the Appam maker to cook it
We took an Appam maker, we will preheat it
The flame should be slightly high from the low
We will add 2 to 3 drops of oil in it
Preheat it for 1 to 1.5 minutes
Now, we will place the Bonda in the Appam maker to cook.
Cover and cook it on the low flame for 4 minutes
4 minutes have passed
We will check them
As we can see that there is brown colour forming on its corners
They have fried from the bottom, we will flip them
Fry them until they become brown from another side too.
Cover and cook it again for 4 - 5 minutes.
Let us check them
They are becoming brown from the bottom too
We will flip, rotate and cook them without covering from the uncooked portion.
The Bondas has fried from all the sides.
We will remove the cooked Bondas
This variety of Bondas has also cooked
The deep fried Aloo Bonda and Bonda cooked in less oil are ready to be served.
It is tastier to eat
You can serve it along with green coriander dip or coconut dip for fasting.
You can watch the recipe of dips on my channel
Be attentive while cooking them,
The batter shouldn't be thicker or thinner.
The oil should be medium heated and the flame should be medium low while frying them.
You will make the perfect Aloo Bonda
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