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(128) Batata Vada

Ingredients

  • 1Kg Potatoes.
  • 1 cup finely chopped coriander leaves.
  • 4 Green chili finely chopped or paste.
  • 2 inch size Ginger paste.
  • 2 tbsp. Lemon juice.
  • Oil for frying.
  • 1 cup besan for making batter.
  • Salt.
  • 1 tsp. red chili powder for batter.
  • ¼ tsp. Asafoetida powder for batter.

Method

  1. Wash and pressure cook Potatoes upto 3 whistles.
  2. When pressure gets released open the lid .
  3. Peel each potato and mash immediately when it is hot otherwise pulp will remain granular.
  4. Make a fine paste of green chilies and ginger. Add this paste to potato pulp.
  5. Add coriander leaves and lemon juice and mix lightly and make table tennis size balls.
  6. For making batter take gram flour ( besan) in one sauce pan .
  7. Add salt, red chili powder, asafoetida and oil .
  8. Mix all ingredients and make thick flowing consistency batter.
  9. Pick one ball of batata vada , dip in batter and fry in hot oil.
  10. Fry till golden brown and serve hot vada with green chutney, red sweet chutney , garlic chutney and bread
Batata vada
Vada batter.
Consistency of vada batter
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(111) Garlic chutney

Ingredients

  • 1 cup Garlic pods.
  • 1 cup Desiccated coconut powder
  • ½ cup Sesame seeds
  • 2 tsp. Salt.
  • 2 tsp. Red chili powder.

Method

  1. Peel garlic pods.
  2. Dry roast Sesame seeds.Keep aside to cool down.
  3. when completely cool , grind sesame seeds into coarse powder. keep aside.
  4. Grind garlic pods, salt and red chili powder into fine paste.
  5. In big plate , mix garlic paste, sesame seeds coarse powder and coconut powder with hand.
  6. Garlic dry chutney is ready.
  7. Enjoy with your food .