Aloo Bonda

Ingredients:
2 medium sized Potatoes/Aloo
2-3 Green Chillies
2-3 Coriander leaves
8-10 Green peas
4-5 Curry leaves
1/2 medium sized Onion
Pinch of Turmeric powder
1 cup Bengalgram flour / Besan / Kadle hudi
2 tsp Rice flour
1/4 tsp Chilly powder
Pinch of Asafotida powder
Pinch of Cumin seed powder
10-15 Cumin seeds
Salt to taste
Oil

Recipe:
Cook the potatoes in a pressure cooker. (3-4 whistle) Once the pressure goes off, remove the outer cover of potatoes, smash it properly and keep it aside. Finely chop onion and fry it in a pan by adding 1 tsp oil unitill onion turns golden in color. Add this fried onion to the vessel containing smashed potatoes. Add salt, chopped green chilly, chopped curry leaves, chopped coriander leaves and green peas to the same vessel.

Mix them well, make small balls out of it and keep it aside.
Add rice flour, bengalgram flour, asafotida, cumin seeds, salt, chilly powder, cumin seed powder in a vessel. Mix it well by adding sufficient amount of water. (Don't make the batter too thin.)
Keep oil in a thick bottommed vessel and heat it. Take each potato ball, dip it in batter and deep fry it in oil.

Serve hot along with Tomato ketchup.

Ellu Unde / Sesame Balls

Ingredients:
2 cups White Sesame seeds / Bili Ellu
2 cups Jaggary / Bella
1/4 cup Water
Recipe:
Add sesame seeds in a pan and fry it for around 4-5 mins in medium flame till it starts spluttering.

Put 1/4 cup of water and jaggary in a thick bottomed vessel and bring it to boil. Keep stirring in low flame until the syrup is thick and sticky.

Add fried sesame seeds to the same vessel, mix it properly and transfer it to one plate.
Apply some ghee to your palms and make small balls from the mixture.