Batata Vada

Serves: 5	Time: 45mins approx.
Ingredients
8 Potatoes. (Boiled & Peeled) 2 cups Gram flour. (Besan) 1 inch Ginger. (Finely chopped) 4 Garlic flakes. (Finely chopped) 5 Green chilies. (Finely chopped) 1 tsp Turmeric powder.	1 tsp Red chili powder.  1/2 cup Coriander leaves. (Finely chopped)  1 tbsp Curry leaves. 1 tsp Mustard seeds. 3 cups Oil. (For frying) Salt. (As per taste)

Procedure
1. Grind ginger, garlic and chilies together into a paste.
2. Take the boiled and peeled potatoes and mash them until they form a paste. (DON’T ADD WATER)
3. Add ginger, garlic, green chili paste, coriander leaves and salt to the mashed potatoes. Mix it thoroughly.
4. Heat 3tsp of oil in a kadhai.
5. Add mustard seeds. Wait till they start to sputter.
6. Add curry leaves to it. Fry it for approx 15secs.
7. Pour this mixture on the potatoes gently and then mix it thoroughly with a table spoon. (If mixing it with hands, wait till the oil is cooled)
8. Add turmeric powder to it. Mix it thoroughly till the mashed potatoes become light yellow.
9. Now, in another bowl add gram flour, turmeric powder, red chili powder and salt.
10. Add water gradually and keep mixing it thoroughly until a smooth batter is formed, not too watery and not too thick.
11. Heat oil in the kadhai for frying. (On a medium flame)
12. Make small balls of the mashed potato mixture. Now dip each ball in the batter and roll it generously, letting the excess batter drip off, slowly add them to the hot oil.
13. Add only a single or two balls at one instance. (Reduce the fire if the oil is too hot else the vadas become dark from the outside before they are actually done from the inside)
14. Deep fry all the vadas until golden brown. Remove them on a Kitchen paper or a tissue paper.
15. Serve hot with chutney or sauce accompanied with some hot beverage like Tea(chai) or Coffee.