Batata Vada Potato Dumplings Recipes

DEEP FRIED POTATO DUMPLINGS (BATATA VADA)

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a pan. Add the green chillies and crushed garlic and fry on medium heat for about 2 minutes or just till the raw smell of the garlic is gone. The garlic should remain white in color.
• Add the potato cubes, half the turmeric powder and salt to taste.
• Mix well whilst mashing half of the potatoes with the back of the ladle on medium heat for about 4 minutes.
• Remove from heat and let cool.
• Mix in the coriander leaves.
• Shape the mixture into lemon-sized balls.
• Batter:.
• Mix together the gram flour, red chilli powder, remaining turmeric powder, bicarbonate of soda, asafoetida powder and salt to taste with water just enough to make a thick batter.
• Dip each ball in the batter, then deep fry in hot oil in batches on medium flame until light golden brown in color.
• Remove onto a paper towel to drain.

BATATA VADA RECIPE BY TASTY

Steps:

• Stuffing:
• Take 4-5 medium-sized chilies, 5-6 large cloves of garlic, 1 inch of ginger and a handful of coriander in the grinder. Grind all ingredients roughly.
• Heat 2 tablespoons of oil in a pan. Add cumin seeds and mustard seeds to it. When cumin seeds and mustard seeds start crackling add asafoetida[hing], curry leaves and turmeric powder in it.
• Stir it well and add roughly grinded ginger-garlic-chili-coriander paste in it. Cook it for 1 minute on low flame with continuous stirring. Add this mixture to your mashed potatoes carefully. Also, add salt to taste fully incorporate to blend flavors. Set mixture aside.
• Coating:
• Take 2 cups of gram flour in a large bowl. Add carom seeds, ¼ tsp turmeric powder, red chili powder and salt to taste.
• Add water in small parts and mix well to make a smooth batter.
• Frying:
• Take a stuffing bowl and make golf ball-size balls of potato mixture from earlier.
• Take sufficient oil in a pan or kadhai for deep frying potato vadas. Let it heat on a high flame.
• Once the oil is hot, add 1 tablespoon of hot oil from a pan in the batter carefully. And mix well. Also, add 1 pinch of baking soda to the batter and mix properly.
• To check if the oil in a pan is ready for frying or not, add a small part of the batter in a pan using a spoon. If the batter comes up immediately in a pan, the oil is ready for frying.
• Add potato stuffing ball in batter, coat the batter properly with the help of a spoon or hand and add it to the frying pan. [While adding vadas in a frying pan, the flame should be low].
• Fry the vadas gently on medium flame. Do not overcrowd the pan. Add only 3 vadas at a time in a medium-sized pan or kadhai.
• Do not stir immediately after adding vadas to the pan, let it set for some time. And fry until they turn into golden colour.
• Fry all vedas as mentioned above.
• Fry green chilies in the same oil for serving with vadas. Add a pinch of salt on fried chilies to taste.
• Serve the potato vadas with fried chilies and peanut chutney with pav.

BATATA VADA (POTATO DUMPLINGS)

Steps:

• Cook the potatoes until tender, peel and mash (do not need to mash it completely).
• Heat 1 tsp (or more) oil and add mustard seeds, after they crackle add the curry leaves.
• Add the green chillies, garlic and ginger and the spice powders.
• Do not let the powders burn.
• Add this to the mashed potatoes.
• Squeeze lime and add the cilantro leaves.
• Mix well.
• Make a thinnish batter out of the chick pea flour and all the other ingredients.
• Divide the potato mixture into equal sized portions, approximately the size of a small orange.
• Dip each ball in the batter and deep fry until golden brown in colour.
• Serve hot with a chutney.