Bread Bonda

It's a heavy snack. If you eat it late in the evening it can fill your stomach & leave no room for dinner.

Ingredients:
5-6 slices of bread
Oil for frying
Salt
For stuffing:
2-3 potatoes - boiled & mashed
1 onion - chopped
2-3 green chillies - chopped
1/2 tsp jeera powder
1/2 cup coriander leaves - chopped
1 tbsp lemon juice
1 tbsp oil
For batter:
1 cup besan/gram flour
1/2 tsp ginger-garlic paste
2 pinches of Ajwain
3/4 - 1 tsp chilli powder

Preparation:

- Stuffing:

• Heat oil in a pan.
• Add chopped green chillies, onion & saute.
• Add mashed potatoes, salt, jeera powder & mix it well.
• Add chopped coriander leaves, lemon juice & turn off heat.
• Mix it well & make into small lumps - ready to be stuffed.

- Batter:

• Add besan, salt, chilli powder, ajwain.
• Heat a tbsp of oil & add to the mixture.
• Add water, mix & make batter.

- Bonda:

• Heat oil in a deep pan for frying.
• Dip slice of bread in water, squeeze out the water keeping bread slice between your palms.
• Place potato stuffing in the bread slice, cover it up round.
• Roll stuffed bread in batter and put in oil.
• Fry them till golden brown.

Serve with tomato ketchup or chutney.