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My latest culinary experiment is Tofu bonda…tried it out with potatoes n carrots with usual spices, its was really yummy, spicy, crispy as well as healthy..a very good appetizier as well as side for any rice dishes..wat u need to make this bonda is extra firm tofu, which is usually used for making main courses, side dishes as well as soups..while choosing ur tofu check it thoroughly whether they r extra firm tofus r silky tofus..Tofus r rich in proteins..here we go..| Ingredients-1 | |
|---|---|
| 1 cup | Tofu(grated) |
| 2 nos | Potatoes(big) cooked |
| 1 nos | Carrot |
| 1 no | Onion |
| ½ tsp | Fennel seed powder n turmeric powder |
| 1 tsp | Red chilli powder |
| 1 tsp | Garam masala powder |
| 3 nos | Curry leaves |
| 2 T | Coriander leaves chopped |
| Salt as per need | |
| 3 tsp | Oil |
| Ingredients-2 | |
|---|---|
| ¼ cup | Gram flour |
| ¼ cup | Rice flour |
| ¼ tsp | Baking powder |
| ¼ tsp | Food colour |
| Salt as per need | |
| Oil for deepfrying | |
| ¼ tsp | Red chilli powder |
Instructions
Cut the carrot into small pieces, mash the already cooked potatoes..cut the onions into fine pieces, heat oil in a kadai..add the onion pieces to the hot oil, add the fennel seed powder to the onion n stir them until the onions turns transculent..now add the carrot n grated tofu pieces to the onion with turmeric powder, red chilli powder, garam masala powder n salt n stir them well for a while n close the kadai with the lid, keep the flame in simmer..once the oil get separates from the veggies add the mashed potatoes pieces n cook them for a while..dont add water no need to sprinkle water too, keep the flame simmer n close the lid, its largely enough to cook the veggies..once they r done add the curry leaves n coriander leaves n keep aside, let them cool…
Meanwhile take a bowl, add the gram flour, rice flour,red chilli powder, salt, food colour n baking powder n make them as thick batter with enough water..make small tiny balls with the cooked tofu n veggies mixture, heat the oil for deep frying in a kadai..dip them into the batter n fry them as deep frying..
Tasty, spicy, crispy n healthy Tofu bondas r ready to have..am damn sure that it will vanish within few minutes..Serve hot..
5 Comments
looking yummy priya, pictures are tempting…
Priya i have a doubt, tofu is healthy – yeah true.. but deep fry panna, adhula irukra nutrients endha alavukku thakka vechuttu irukkum?? have you ever given a thought on this or any other deep fried items.. i dont know..that is why i am asking.. 🙂 but you put in great efforts pa.. keep posting..
Hi Nk…thanks for ur comments…personnally here in this recipe they r coated with gram flour n rice flour batter they r nt directly deep fried.. so i think they wont lose that much of their nutritions values..hope i cleared ur doubt..
this is a new thought priya like ur recipes! as far as i know…deep frying makes the vegies loose their nutrients. but u ve stated that tofu doesnt loose its nutrients fully as its covered with rice/gram flour. so this covering up with flours while deep frying works only with tofu or for all other veggies as well? and is there any flour in particular that stops veggies from loosing its nutrients priya?
anybody else have any idea regarding this?pls help me cos i totally aviod deepfrying anything…as im scared that the veggies ll loose its nurients. but after priya's explanation i feel tempted to fry my fav veggies coated in some flour like our bajjis.
Arthi
Tofu Priya, tofu Priyadhan.. Very nice recipe u have made.. healthy too