Bateta Vada

Name: Bateta Vada (Mashed Potato Fritters)
Yield: Serves 4–6
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 1 tsp salt; 1 tsp granulated sugar; 150 g gram flour; 3 tbsp finely chopped fresh coriander; ½ tsp bicarbonate of soda; vegetable oil for frying; juice of half a lemon; 1 tbsp grated ginger; 2 tbsp toasted sesame seeds; 1½ tsp garam masala; 500 g potatoes, peeled, boiled and cooled; 1 tbsp finely chopped green chillies

Mashed Potato Fritters

Preparation info

Serves
4–6

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

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By Urvashi Roe

Published 2022

About

Bateta Vada are a classic wedding banquet staple. At weddings they almost always have raisins in them, which I really don’t like, and so this is my simpler version. They are super easy to make and one of the few times I use garam masala.

Ingredients

For the mash

500 g potatoes, peeled, boiled and cooled
1 tbsp finely chopped green chillies
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Asia
India
Snack
Vegan
Gujarat
Wedding/Marriage
Gluten-free

Method

Mash the potatoes and then add the green chillies, ginger, garam masala, sesame seeds, lemon juice, sugar, salt and coriander and mix together well. Roll the mixture into around 15 balls. I make them just a little larger than a golf ball in size. If you have time, pop them in the fridge to firm up for about 30 minutes.

When you are ready to fry, mix together all the batter ingredients i