Bonda with mashed potato

Ingredients:

• 1 medium Onion
• 2 cups Potato buds
• 1 1/2 cup Peas and carrots
• 2 big ones Green chilies
• 1 teaspoon Lemon juice
• 1 cup Gram flour
• 1/2 tsp Mustard seed
• pinch Turmeric
• 1/2 tsp Baking powder
• 1/4" piece Ginger
• 1 small bunch Coriander leaves
• 2 tsp Salt
• Oil

METHOD:

First the filling:

• Mix potato buds and 1/2 teaspoon of salt with 1 cup of hot water.
• Finely chop ginger, chilies, coriander leaves, and onion.
• Heat oil (about 5 Tbsp) and add mustard seeds.
• Add chopped ingredients and fry until onions are brown.
• Add carrots, peas, turmeric and 1 tsp of salt and cook on low heat for about 10 minutes.
• Add potato (now mashed) and fry for 5 minutes.
• Remove from heat, add lemon juice and let cool.

Then the batter :

• Combine gram flour, 3 Tbsp of oil, 3/4 cup water, 1/2 tsp salt, the baking powder and mix thoroughly
• After the batter is prepared, make small balls out of the filling and roll them in the batter.
• Next fry it in hot oil.
• You will get about 20-30 small bondas.