5.
SNA
CKS
Method
1. First boil the potatoes, mash them, salt them, and add pepper to taste.
Add some coriander leaves too.
2. Roast the cumin and grind it.
3. Dissolve about 4 Tbsp of tamarind concentrate in 1 cup of hot water,
and let it simmer and thicken gradually. Dissolve the jaggery (or sugar)
until the sauce becomes tart and slightly sweet. (You may add some
salt and ground red paprika, if you want to.) The sauce should be of
a consistency slightly thinner than maple syrup. Pour into a serving
container (like a creamer). Mix the pu ed rice and sev/bhel mix in a
large bowl.
4. On a plate, serve the rice-bhel mixture, add the potatoes, then the
onions, chilies, and then dust the cumin powder over it. Next pour
on the sauce and top with the coriander garnish. (Add salt/pepper to
taste).
5. Mix the ingredients on the plate and eat.
5.2 Bonda With Instant Mashed Potato
This recipe was taken from Saranya Mandava's book on Indian cuisine.
Quantity
Ingredient
1 medium
Onion
2 cups
Potato buds
1 and cup
Peas and carrots
1
2
2 big ones
Green chilies
1 teaspoon
Lemon juice
1 cup
Gram our
tea spoon
Mustard seed
1
2
pinch
Turmeric
teaspoon
Baking powder
1
2
" piece
Ginger
1
4
1 small bunch
Coriander leaves
2 teaspoons
Salt
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5.3.
P
AK
ORAS
(SA
V
OR
Y
FRITTERS)
Oil
Method - The lling is prepared as follows:
1. Mix potato buds and teaspoon of salt with 1 cup of hot water.
1
2
2. Finely chop ginger, chilies, coriander leaves, and onion.
3. Heat oil (about 5 Tbsp) and add mustard seeds.
4. Add chopped ingredients and fry until onions are brown.
5. Add carrots, peas, turmeric and 1 tsp of salt and cook on low heat for
about 10 minutes.
6. Add potato (now mashed) and fry for 5 minutes.
7. Remove from heat, add lemon juice and let cool.
Method - The batter is prepared as follows:
1. Combine gram our, 3 Tbsp of oil, cup water, tsp salt, the baking
3
1
4
2
powder and mix thoroughly
2. After the batter is prepared, make small balls out of the lling and roll
them in the batter. Next fry it in hot oil. You will get about 20-30
small bondas.
5.3 Pakoras (Savory Fritters)
Quantity
Ingredient
Batter: c
Besan
1
2
5 oz.
Warm water
t
Red pepper
1
4
t
Salt
3
4
t
Garam Masala
1
2
paprika (optional)
Vegetables:
1
Small onion
1
Potato
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