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Friday, February 22, 2008

Potato balls with stuffing

Ingredients

Potato - 5nos
Onions - 2nos
Turmeric powder - 1/4tsp
Chilli powder - 1/2tsp
Garam masala powder - 1/4tsp
Dry mango powder - 1/4tsp
Mustard - 1/2tsp
Hing - little
Plain flour - 5tsp
Rice flour - 2tsp
Oats - 1/4cup
Salt - to taste

Filling
Coconut shredding - 5tsp
Green chilli - 2nos
Ginger - small piece
Sugar - 1/2tsp
Salt - little
Cashewnut - 10nos
Badham - 10nos

Outer coating
Plain flour - 5tsp
Turmeric powder - little
Salt - little
Water - little.

Method
1. Blend cashewnut and badham coarsely. Set aside.
2. Blend green chilli and ginger. In a mixing bowl, add coconut, sugar, salt, nut mixture, chilli mixture and mix thorougly.



3. Boil and peel the potatoes.
4. In a heated kadai, add oil and then add hing, mustard and to it add the onions and then the powders (turmeric, dry mango, garam masala, chilli), mix thoroughly. Add oats, mix and switch off the flame. For a different taste you can add lime juice.
5. To the above add plain flour, rice flour, salt and prepare like chapathi dough.



6. Take a small ball size of the dough, make a deep whole in the centre and keep a tsp of filling and close it. Flatten and make it into round shape. Prepare all the potatoes like the above.

7. In a bowl add plain flour, salt, turmeric and water and make a batter (little thick not too watery).
8. In a heated kadai, add enough oil and when it is hot, take a potato ball, dip it in flour batter and drop it in the oil. Turn both sides, when it is cooked or the color is golden remove from fire.
Serve hot with tomato sauce.

This is my submission for Potato Feast hosted by DK's Culinary Bazaar.

Also my submission for for "ode-t0-potato" hosted by sia of Monsoon Spice.

3 comments:

Sia said...

radha,
thats very innovative dish. i have never come across something like this. thank you for sending me this delicious entry:)

FH said...

YUMMY dish Radha. Makes great veggie burgers too!:))

DK said...

This is so delicious looking dish. I make something similar to add to my rice dishes , but u have some other combos which I would like to try the next time I make them. They look v scrumptious. Thanks for sending them to me :)