Thursday, April 7, 2011

Batata Vara


Ingredients

 4 large potatoes
6 cloves garlic
2 inch ginger
4 green chillies
1 lime; juiced
2 tbsp chopped coriander
salt to taste

for Batter
1 cup chickpea flour; besan
3/4 cup water
1/3 tspn baking soda
salt to taste
Oil for frying

Steps:

1. Wash and peel the potatoes , boil and roughly mash.
2. Puree the garlic, ginger and chillies with the lime juice
3. Add to the potatoes with the coriander and salt, mix
4. Make lime sized balls.
5. To make the batter add the flour, salt and baking soda in a bowl, add the water in slowly mixing it well. The batter should be like a pancake mix.
6. Heat the oil in a frying pan / karai / small wok, dip the potato balls in the batter and deep fry.