Ingredients:

• 1/4 kg – Potato
• 100 g – Potato flakes
• 1/4 kg – Oil
• 1/4 kg – Gram flour (besan)
• 1 stick – Coriander leaves
• 1 stalk – Mint leaves
• 1 stalk – Curry leaves
• 4 Green chillies or 1 tsp Red Chilli powder
• 1 Lime or 2 tsp juice
• 25 g 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 – Garlic powder
• 2 tsp – salt to taste
• 1/4 tsp baking soda

Method:

1. Wash potato properly and cook. Then peel and mash it.
2. Wash and chop all leaves. Add 4, 5 spoons of oil and heat.
3. Add black gram, cumin, mustard seeds and fry for 2 minutes (till it turns golden in colour).
4. Add chopped leaves and fry it. Then add mashed potatoes.
5. Add all other ingredients such as turmeric, ginger, garlic, chilli and table salt and mix properly.
6. Finally, add lime juice and mix it properly. Make round small balls.
7. Take gram flour in another bowl and add table salt and baking powder to it.
8. Mix properly, adding 100 ml of water, into a thick batter.
9. Take a deep pan and add 1/4 kg oil and heat.
10. Take mashed potato balls and dip in the gram flour paste.
11. Then slip them carefully into the oil, frying till they become golden in colour. Drain and serve.

Recipe courtesy of Madhu Viji