Easy and Spicy Potato balls – Urulai kizhangu Bonda

Potato is everyone’s favourite, especially for kids. Here is a simple, tasty and easy-to-prepare potato snack for family time during evenings and weekends.

Potato – 2

Onion – 2

Green chillies – 2

Besan flour – 100 gm

Turmeric powder – a pinch or two

Salt – as per taste

Jeera/ cumin seeds – 1 teaspoon

Oil – as needed for frying

Method:

  1. Pressure cook potatoes till they are soft enough to mash. Mash them n keep
  2. Make a watery solution with besan flour and salt. The consistency can be as that of how you make bhajjis.
  3. Chop onions and green chillies finely.
  4. Heat oil in a kadai. Splutter jeera seeds, sauté onion and green chillies until onions becomes transparent. Add mashed potatoes and a little salt (optional). Cook them until all get mixed well.
  5. Bring down the potato mixture and make tiny balls out of them.
  6. Heat oil in a kadai (for deep frying) Soak the balls into the besan flour solution and fry them in oil until they are cooked well.
  7. A quick evening snack is ready at the table.

PS:

  1. Instead of besan flour, you can also use maida. Both taste yummy
  2. Adding a few chopped strands of coriander leaves while cooking the onion and potato can add good flavor too.