Vegetable Bonda is a popular South Indian snack prepared with potatoes and mixed vegetables. You can prepare this with potatoes alone to make Potato bonda.Learn how to prepare crispy mixed vegetable bonda following this easy recipe .You can serve it as an evening snack with a cup of tea or as an appetizer.

Preparation time –  45 min

cooking time – 30 min

serves – 4 to 5

Ingredients –

Cooked and mashed patato – 4 medium size

Finely chopped mixed vegetables – 1 bowl ( carrot,cabbage,beans, green peas)

Onion – 2 medium chopped

Green chillies – 4 no’s

Curry leaves – 2 spring chopped

Coriander leaves – 1 bunch chopped

Mustard seeds – 1 tsp

Cashew nut – 1/2 cup broken into small pieces

Chana dal – 1 tsp

Turmeric powder – 1/2 tsp

Salt to taste

Oil to fry

For batter –

Besan/gram flour – 1 cup

Chilly powder – 1 tsp

Salt to taste

Cooking soda – 1 pinch

Oil for deep frying.

How to make Vegetable bonda – 

Heat oil in a kadai add mustard seeds when it begin to crackle add channa dal and cashew nut,fry  till golden brown in colour,add curry leaves and chopped green chillies fry for a while,add chopped onion

Fry onion for a while add chopped vegetables stir fry ,cook in a low flame and close the lid of the kadai for 3 min

when vegetables are cooked/done add mashed potatoes

add turmeric powder and salt to taste mix all together ,allow it to cool

Take a mixing bowl add gram flour, chilly powder,salt and a pinch of cooking soda and prepare a batter by adding water to idli batter consistency with no lumps in it.

Heat oil for frying. Make small balls from the prepared vegetable mixture. sides and fry until golden.

Dip the balls one by one in the batter .

the batter and drop it in oil.

Turn both the sides and fry until golden.

Vegetable bonda is ready to be served