Recipe- Instant Besan Bonda To Suit Your Taste Buds

Besan Bonda is an instant Bonda recipe, prepared with besan/gram flour, rice flour, onions and deep fried in oil. Learn how to make this gram flour Bonda without any ready-made bajji/Bonda mix.

I always make bajjis and bondas by mixing flour and spices at that moment. And I never use store-bought ready-made bajji/Bonda mix. Because I believe it can be done effortlessly with easily available spices and flours in our home pantry. Then why to go for the ready-made mix when I can make simply to suit my taste buds

During my childhood, I have seen my mom making this in a jiffy while making the tea in the other burner. Just start heating oil, mix up the ingredients, fry and your hot yum bondas are ready in no time.

Ingredients

1 ¼ cup besan/gram flour
½ cup rice flour
1 big onion
2 green chillies
¾ cup coriander leaves
¼ cup chopped curry leaves
½ tsp cumin seeds
1 tsp salt as per taste
¼ tsp baking soda
¼ tsp asafoetida
¾ tsp chilli powder
Water as required
Oil to deep fry

Method

* Chop onions and green chillies finely.

* Also, rinse and chop coriander leaves and curry leaves.

* While mixing for Bonda, heat enough oil for deep frying in the meantime.

* In a large mixing bowl, take gram/besan flour and rice flour.

* Add chopped onions, green chillies, coriander leaves and curry leaves.

* Also add cumin seeds, salt, baking salt, and asafoetida.

* Finally, add chilli powder and mix all the dry ingredients with fingers properly.

* Add water gradually and start mixing.

* Do not pour water.

* Only add enough water to make semi thick Bonda mix like this.
* The consistency should be thicker than idly batter.

* Start frying immediately without delay. If you plan to make
* Bonda batter ahead and store, don't use baking soda.

Frying the instant bondas:

* Heat oil to the temperature of deep frying. You can check the temperature by dropping a small bit of flour mix. If the bit comes up instantly, then it's the right heat.

* Drop small lemon size bondas into the hot oil. You can use spoons to scoop the batter like me or use fingers like moms style.

* Let the bondas fry for a few minutes with the oozing sound. Do not stir right away.

* When the bottom of the bondas is fried, they come up one by one.

* Now stir and flip them all to the other side.

* Continue frying for few more minutes until the bondas get golden brown color.

* By this time, the bubbles settle down and the sound disappears.

* Remove from the oil and drain out the excess oil with a tissue paper.

* Serve hot with cardamom tea or coconut chutney.

* Goes well a side dish for variety rice items.