Friday, February 2, 2007

Bread Bonda

Ingredients

Bread 10-12(Remove the brown edges)
Alu(Potato ) 2-3
Onion 1 big(Finely Chopped)
Salt
Green Chilies 3-4 or paste to taste
Turmeric powder ¼ teaspoon
Oil 1-2 teaspoons
Coriander 2- teaspoons (Finely minced)
Mint 1 teaspoon (Finely Minced)
Curry leaves 5-6 (Finely minced)
Lemon juice 1 teaspoon (or to taste)


Oil for deep frying.
  1. Boil the potatoes in water or microwave them for 5-10 min till they are fully cooked.
  2. Mash the cooked potatoes, but not too smooth. Leave some chucks.
  3. In a wide hot pan add 2 teaspoons of oil, then add jeera, mint, curry leaves and finely chopped onion.
  4. Wait till the onion are golden brown, now add turmeric powder, green chili paste and mashed potatoes, mix it together and let the mixture cool for 5-10 min.
  5. Add lemon juice to the above mixture.
  6. Make bite size balls from the above mixture and keep them a side.
  7. In a wide bowl add some water .Take the prepared bread pieces one at a time, dip it in water and remove quickly, now take the wet bread and squeeze out the water by placing the bread in between the palms and press against each other.
  8. The next step is take the squeezed bread into one of the palm, place the ball that is prepared in step 5 on the bread , then cover the ball with the bread in your palm. Basically you will rap the ball with wet bread. Squeeze the ball from all the sides so that the ball is tightly rapped with the bread.
  9. Repeat the same step as above for all the balls and keep them a side.
  10. Heat the frying oil in a deep wide pan. Once the oil reaches the frying temperature, Drop the prepared balls in hot oil, fry them till golden brown.

    Enjoy them as an evening snack with tea.

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