Batata Vada Recipe: How To Prepare It At Home

• Peel and mash the boiled potatoes. After mashing the potatoes add the chopped coriander leaves along with salt as per your taste.
• Keep the mashed potatoes aside.
• Meanwhile, let us prepare the tempering for the potato filling.
• For this, add 1 tablespoon of oil to a pan and let it heat on low-medium flame.
• Add mustard seeds along with the cumin seeds. Let the seeds crackle up a bit for some time.
• Add a pinch of hing.
• Next, add turmeric powder to the oil.
• Add the ginger-garlic paste into the oil and cook it for 1 minute.
• Now add chopped curry leaves.
• Now add the entire tempering into the mashed potatoes.
• Mix the mixture well and keep it aside for 5 minutes.
• Add 1 tablespoon of lemon juice into the mashed potatoes.
• Add salt as per your taste.
• Now take a little portion of the mashed potatoes.
• Roll the balls and slightly flatten them by pressing between your palms.
• Now let us make the batter for making the vada.
• In a separate bowl, add all the ingredients for making the batter.
• Whisk the batter till you get a smooth consistency. Make sure the batter is medium thick.
• Meanwhile, fry the green chilies by adding 1 tablespoon and some salt.

Frying The Batata Vada

• In a Kadai, heat some oil for deep frying.
• Once the oil is a bit hot, take out 1 tablespoon of the oil and drop it into the batter.
• Mix the batter very well.
• Now take the batata vada and dip it into the batter.
• After coating it well with the batter, put it into the oil for deep frying.
• Deep fry the batata vada from both sides.
• Once the batata vada gets crispy and slightly golden-brown, take it out from the oil and place it on a kitchen towel or tissue paper.
• Fry the remaining batata vada and serve hot with chutney and fried chilies.