• Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Home
  • Recipes
    • Breakfast Recipes
    • Rice Recipes
    • Paneer Recipes
    • Snacks Recipes
    • Dal Recipes
    • Veg Curry
    • Indo-Chinese Recipes
    • Latest
    • Recipe Index
  • ABOUT

Swasthi's Recipes

Home >> Recipes >> Latest

Aloo bonda recipe

By swasthi , on July 13, 2019, 12 Comments, Jump to Recipe

Aloo bonda recipe or potato bonda is a popular South Indian snack and a street food. Aloo translates to potato and bonda to a ball shaped fritter. So aloo bonda literally translates to bondas that are stuffed with potatoes. These are a South Indian version of the popular Maharashtrian snack Batata vada.

aloo bonda recipe

Aloo bonda are served in almost all tiffin centers and restaurants in Karnataka for the evening Tea time snack. These originated in the Udupi hotels and eventually became one of the most common on all restaurant menus since they are loved by many.

Advertisement

Goli baje, Vegetable bonda, Crispy mysore bonda , Andhra punugulu  and egg bonda are similar other bonda recipes on the blog.

To make aloo bonda, first boiled potatoes are seasoned and spiced. Then dipped in gram flour batter and deep fried to golden. These are very good to make on weekends or during festivals or when you have guests home.

potato bonda recipe

Usually aloo bonda is made simple just with aloo and onions, but some restaurants also make with capsicum and peas.

These are served with coconut chutney, tomato chutney or with masala tea.

How to make aloo bonda recipe

1. Boil or steam potatoes till just done. Do not cook them until soggy.

steam aloo for aloo bonda recipe

2. Add oil to a hot pan and add mustard, cumin and urad dal. Saute until the dal turns lightly golden.

season to make aloo bonda

3. Add hing and ginger. Stir it.

ginger to make bonda recipe

4. Add onions, curry leaves and green chilies. Sprinkle salt.

frying curry leaves for aloo bonda recipe
Advertisement

5. Fry until the onions turn golden. Add coriander powder, turmeric, saunf powder and garam masala (optional).

spice powders to make bonda recipe

6. Add potatoes.

addition of potatoes

7. Mash them and add lemon juice.

mashing mixture to make potato bonda recipe
Advertisement

8. Saute until everything is just well combined. Add coriander leaves if you have. Taste the mixture and make sure there is enough salt in it.

addition of coriander for bonda

9. Cool the mixture and divide to 6 to 7 balls. You can even make 8 if you want smaller ones.

Cool the mixture

10. Begin to heat up oil in a kadai. Add besan, rice flour, chili powder, turmeric and salt to a bowl.

Add besan, rice flour

11. Add enough water and make a thick batter. I used about half cup and 1 tbsp.

Add water

12. Make a thick and smooth batter. If the batter is runny then you may add more flours and mix. Taste this as well. It has to be slightly salty.

Make a thick and smooth batter
Advertisement

13. When the oil turns hot, do the heat test to check if the oil is hot enough by dropping a tiny amount of batter in the oil. Firstly, the batter must raise slowly and should not sink. When it is ready drop each ball in this batter.

drop ball in batter

14. Coat it well with the batter.

Coat it well with the batter

15. Drop in the hot oil. Stir gently after a minute and fry until golden.

deep frying aloo bonda
Advertisement

16. Drain on to a kitchen tissue.

Drain on to a kitchen tissue

Serve aloo bonda hot or warm with chutney or masala chai.

aloo bonda

Related Recipes

Diwali snacks...

diwali snacks recipes 2020

Goli baje rec...

goli baje

Veg bonda rec...

Veg bonda

Mysore bonda ...

mysore bonda

Punugulu reci...

punugulu recipe

Egg bonda rec...

Egg bonda recipe | Egg bajji | Egg pakora

Advertisement
aloo bonda

Aloo bonda

South Indian aloo bonda recipe – Deep fried snack made with spiced potato balls from South Indian cuisine.
Pin Recipe Print Recipe

For best results follow the step-by-step photos above the recipe card

Prep Time15 minutes
Cook Time25 minutes
Total Time40 minutes
Servings7 bondas
AuthorSwasthi

Ingredients (US cup = 240ml )

Ingredients for potato stuffing in aloo bonda

  • 1 ¼ cup potatoes or aloo (cubed) – 3 medium sized
  • 1 small onion (chopped or thinly sliced)
  • 1 ½ tbsps Oil
  • 1/8 tsp turmeric or haldi
  • 1 sprig curry leaves chopped
  • ¼ tsp mustard seeds
  • ¼ tsp jeera or cumin
  • 1 tsp urad dal (skinned black lentils)
  • ½ tsp ginger grated
  • Salt to taste
  • 2 green chilies (slit or chopped)
  • ¼ tsp coriander powder
  • 2 pinches saunf or sompu or fennel seeds crushed (optional)
  • ¼ tsp garam masala (optional)
  • Salt to taste
  • lemon juice optional
  • 2 tbsp coriander leaves optional

Outer covering for aloo bonda

  • ½ cup besan or chickpea flour (1 tbsp more if needed)
  • 2 to 3 tbsp rice flour (1 tbsp more if needed)
  • water as needed
  • Salt to taste
  • 2 pinches chili powder for color (optional)
  • 1 pinch turmeric for color
  • Oil for deep frying
Advertisement

Instructions

Preparation for aloo bonda recipe

  • Steam or boil potatoes without making them mushy. You can boil in a pot or cooker.
  • Pour oil to a hot pan. Add dal, mustard and cumin.  Fry until the dal turns golden.
  • Saute ginger just for 30 secs.
  • Next add onions,salt, curry leaves and green chilies. Fry them. 
  • When the onions turn golden, add the turmeric, garam masala, coriander powder and saunf.
  • Add potatoes and mash them a bit without making them mushy. 
  • Mix well. Sprinkle lemon juice and coriander leaves.
  • Cool this and make 6 to 8 balls.

making bonda batter

  • Add besan, rice flour, salt, chili powder and turmeric to a large mixing bowl.
  • Pour enough water little by little and mix it well to make a batter that is neither too thin or nor too thick.  The batter must be moderately thick and smooth.
  • Beat the batter well. 

How to make aloo bonda

  • Heat oil in a deep fry pan or kadai. 
  • When the oil is hot enough, do the heat test by dropping a drop of batter. It must raise in the oil slowly and should not sink or turn brown quickly.
  • With the help of a tbsp dip each ball in the batter, swipe off the excess and drop in the hot oil.
  • Each batch you can fry about 3 to 4 balls depending on the size of your pan and oil used.
  • After a minute begin to stir and fry until golden.
  • Repeat making all until all the balls are done.
  • Drain the golden fried aloo bonda on to a kitchen tissue.
  • Serve aloo bonda hot or warm with chai or chutney.
Advertisement

Alternative quantities provided in the recipe card are for 1x only, original recipe.

For best results follow my detailed step-by-step photo instructions and tips above the recipe card.

NUTRITION INFO (estimation only)

Nutrition Facts
Aloo bonda
Amount Per Serving
Calories 156 Calories from Fat 81
% Daily Value*
Fat 9g14%
Sodium 309mg13%
Potassium 270mg8%
Carbohydrates 14g5%
Fiber 2g8%
Sugar 1g1%
Protein 3g6%
Vitamin A 125IU3%
Vitamin C 16.2mg20%
Calcium 27mg3%
Iron 2.1mg12%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
Tried this recipe?Mention @SwasthisRecipes or tag #swasthisrecipes!

© Swasthi’s Recipes

WhatsApp
Share892
Pin314
Reddit
Tweet
Email
1K Shares
FOR MORE RECIPES

Check your inbox or spam folder to confirm your subscription.


WhatsApp
Share892
Pin314
Reddit
Tweet
Email
1K Shares

Related Posts

Advertisement

FEATURED RECIPES

Breakfast Recipes

Upma recipe (r…

upma recipe

Cake Recipes

Banana cake re…

banana cake recipe

Breakfast Recipes

Aloo paratha r…

aloo paratha

vegetarian

Paneer recipes…

paneer recipes

Dal Recipes

Dal makhani (S…

dal makhani recipe

Rice Recipes

Veg biryani re…

veg biryani

Advertisement

POPULAR RECIPES

Idli recipe (S…

soft idli

Samosa recipe …

samosa

Pav bhaji reci…

pav bhaji

Eggless chocol…

eggless chocolate cake

Palak paneer r…

palak paneer

Rajma recipe (…

rajma

Advertisement

Paneer butter …

paneer butter masala

Kadai paneer r…

kadai paneer

Paneer tikka r…

paneer tikka

Advertisement

About swasthi

I’m Swasthi shreekanth, the recipe developer, food photographer & food writer behind Swasthis recipes. My aim is to help you cook great Indian food with my time-tested recipes. After 2 decades of experience in practical Indian cooking I started this blog to help people cook better & more often at home. Whether you are a novice or an experienced cook I am sure Swasthi’s Recipes will assist you to enhance your cooking skills.
Read more..

Recipe Rating




Recipe Rating




12 Comments
Inline Feedbacks
View all comments
Gayatri
June 8, 2020 4:31 am

.All your recipes very easy and nice presentation

Reply
Advertisement
Shyamala
April 3, 2020 9:15 am

Very easy to follow and I made them.
Tasty too.
Thankyou

Reply
swasthi
Reply to  Shyamala
April 3, 2020 9:41 am

Welcome Shyamala

Reply
Bil
October 7, 2019 7:17 pm

5 stars
I had everything but the besan and saunf. I used 1/3 cup white wheat flour and 1/3 cup rice flour for the coating. It seemed to work just fine. I added green onion and peas to the potato mixture before adding it to the pan. Very, very tasty, especially with a coconut chutney or a tomato/onion chutney. The completed potato mixture would make a perfect samosa filling.
YUM! Thanks for providing the recipe and instructions. This is a keeper.

Reply
swasthi
Reply to  Bil
October 8, 2019 7:35 am

Hi Bil,
You are welcome. Glad you liked it! Yes the filling is similar to the samosa filling. But different spices are used there.You can take a look at this link for samosa recipe. Thank you!

Reply
radhika
March 11, 2019 4:12 pm

thanks for the ‘receipe. I tried out the same but the final texture was not there though the taste was good. some places the aloo didn’t coat to the batter it separated wen it was dipped in oil. where could be the mistake

Reply
swasthi
Reply to  radhika
March 12, 2019 2:46 am

Hi Radhika,
You are welcome.
1. Balls separated in batter – It’s just a binding problem. a)The aloo balls will break to pieces if the mixture is too dry. b) The aloo ball just gets mushy once they are dropped in the batter. This indicates there is too much moisture in the potatoes. Easy way to fix – Problem a) Mash a portion of the mixture very well so that it turns mushy and binds well. Problem b)Add 1 to 2 tbsp powdered poha and set aside.
If the aloo bonda mixture is not right then just don’t proceed further to fry them.
2. The batter did not coat the aloo properly – This happens if the consistency of batter is not right either too thick or too thin. You can check this video of batata vada. I have shown the consistency in the video.
Hope these help.
🙂

Reply
Khilna
June 9, 2018 5:09 pm

Hi Swasthi,
Would you please clarify how much urad dal is used and if it has to be soaked in water overnight? Thanks.

Reply
swasthi
Reply to  Khilna
June 10, 2018 12:20 am

Hi Khilna
You can use 1 tsp urad dal. It is not soaked and is used dry. It will get roasted and turns soft on its own when you put in the moist boiled potatoes.

Reply
anitha
December 30, 2017 11:59 am

5 stars
Tried these today. They turned out yum. Thank you so much

Reply
swasthi
Reply to  anitha
December 30, 2017 3:42 pm

Welcome Anitha
Thanks for trying

Reply
PT
May 27, 2012 7:12 am

i too love aloo bonda very much.. they are very delicious

Reply

Primary Sidebar

Advertisement

DIWALI RECIPES

JALEBI RECIPE
RASGULLA RECIPE
RASMALAI RECIPE
GULAB JAMUN
BESAN LADOO
KAJU KATLI
RAVA LADDU
Advertisement

CATEGORIES

DINNER RECIPES
SANDWICH RECIPES
BREAKFAST RECIPES
RICE RECIPES
CHUTNEY RECIPES
Advertisement

HEALTH CORNER

RAGI RECIPES
OATS RECIPES
MILLET RECIPES
Advertisement
Advertisement

© 2012 - 2020 - Swasthi's Recipes. The content is copyrighted to SWASTHI'S and may not be reproduced in any form.