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Veg bonda recipe - Deep fried snack with spiced mixed vegetable stuffing.

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© Swasthi's Recipes

Prep Time20 minutes
Cook Time20 minutes
Total Time40 minutes
Servings7 to 8 bondas
AuthorSwasthi

Ingredients (1 cup = 240ml )

For the stuffing

  • ¾ cup potato / aloo cubed
  • ½ cup carrots cubed
  • ½ cup green peas
  • cashews Few, (optional)
  • 1 tbsp oil
  • ¼ tsp mustard
  • ¼ tsp cumin
  • ¾ tsp urad dal
  • 1 Pinch hing
  • ¼ tsp ginger grated
  • 1 onion medium , sliced thinly
  • 1 to 2 green chilies chopped or slit
  • Salt as needed
  • 1/8 tsp turmeric / haldi
  • ¼ tsp saunf powder / fennel seeds powder (or crushed finely)
  • ¼ tsp coriander powder
  • 2 pinches garam masala (use a mild one)
  • coriander leaves Few
  • Lemon juice optional

For the covering

  • ½ cup besan heaped
  • 3 tbsps rice flour
  • 1 pinch turmeric
  • 1 pinch red chili powder
  • Salt as needed
  • 0.5 cup water (little more if needed)

How to make the recipe

Preparation

  • Steam or boil veggies as desired. They must be just cooked without getting mushy.
  • Heat a pan with oil and saute mustard, cumin and dal.
  • When the dal turns golded, saute ginger and then add onions, chilies, cashews and curry leaves.
  • Saute until the onions turn golde, add all the spice powders along with salt. Stir and fry for a minute.
  • Add all the veggies and mash them lightly. Saute for 2 mins. Add coriander leaves and lemon juice. Mix and switch off.
  • Cool this completely and make 7 to 8 balls. Set these aside.

Making veg bonda batter

  • Mix together flours, salt, chilii powder, turmeric along with water to make a thick batter.
  • Heat oil in a kadai for frying. Check whether the oil is hot enough by dropping a small amount of the batter in oil. The batter must rise slowly and not quickly. If you see the batter sinks, wait for a while and repeat the test. If the batter rises quickly and then turns brown quickly it means the oil is very hot. Allow to cool down a bit.

Making mix vegetable bonda

  • Dip each ball in the batter and coat it well. lift it using a table spoon, swipe off the excess batter and drop in the hot oil. Wait for a minute and stir consistently until they are fried to golden.
  • You make fry 3 to 4 balls in each batch, make sure there is enough space in the kadai to fry them well.
  • When golden drain veg bonda on a kitchen tissue. Serve mix veg bonda hot or warm with chutney or tea.

NUTRITION (estimation only)

Calories: 99kcal | Carbohydrates: 15g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 2g | Sodium: 40mg | Potassium: 242mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 2g | Vitamin A: 1605IU | Vitamin C: 9.3mg | Calcium: 20mg | Iron: 1.5mg