How to cook batata vada (potato dumplings)

Gather your potatoes.Peel the skin and wash it.

Quarter the potatoes and place in a pot of water. Boil the potatoes.Drain and keep aside

I am using asafetida or hing which is a resin from a tree in block form.You may use powder as well. I am powdering 1tspn and splitting 1/2 tspn for the batter an using 1/2 tspn for the filling.

This is the powder form.It has aroma and flavor of onion and garlic.

In a hot pot I heat some oil and add black mustard seeds.

After it has crackled I add the curry leaves to the hot oil.

I remove 1/2 tspn of asafetida from the mortar and add garlic,ginger and green chilli and form a paste.

Add the paste to the hot pot and stir

Add the boiled potatoes and lightly mash it. Season salt to taste and as an option a dash of amchoor or mango powder for sourness.

Mix well. Mixture should be soft yet firm to form into balls. Add chopped corriander leaves.

Meanwhile for the batter- add besan flour,corn flour, salt,asafetida,turmeric and chilli powder. Add water and mix into a smooth pouring consistency batter.

Form the filling to balls like so

Heat vegetable oil in a wok

Enjoy with coriander & mint chutney or date and tamarind chutney.