Ingredients:

• 1/4 kg – Potato
• 100 gms – Potato flakes
• 1/4 kg – oil
• 1/4 kg – gram flour
• 1 bunch – Coriander leaves
• 1 bunch – Mint leaves
• 1 bunch – Curry leaves
• 4 – Green chillies
• 1 – citron (fresh) or 2 tbsp – juice
• 25 gms – black gram
• 1 tsp – Mustard Seeds
• 1 tsp – Cumin seeds
• 1 tsp – coriander powder
• 1/4 tsp – Turmeric powder
• 1/4 tsp – Ginger powder
• 1/4 tsp – Garlic powder
• 2 tsp – salt for taste
• 1/4 tsp – baking soda

Method:

1. Wash potato properly and then boil them.
2. Peel and mash cooked potatoes and keep aside.
3. Wash and chop all leaves.
4. Add 4-5 spoons of oil in a pan and heat.
5. Add black gram, cumin, mustard seeds and fry for 2 minutes (till it appears golden in colour)
6. Add chopped leaves and fry. Then add mashed potato and all other ingredients – turmeric, ginger, garlic, chilli and table salt. Mix properly.
7. Finally add citron juice and properly mix.
8. Make round small balls of the mixture.
9. Take gram flour in a bowl and add salt and baking powder.
10. Mix properly with 100 ml water to make a paste.
11. Take a deep pan, add 1/4 kg oil and heat.
12. Take mashed potato balls and dip properly in the gram flour paste.
13. Then fry properly till it turns golden in colour.

Recipe courtesy of Maduri