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Dosa Poppers

Dosa Poppers- a delicious crisp snack made with spicy potato mix and dosa batter
Prep Time10 minutes
Cook Time15 minutes
Course: Appetizer, snacks/starters, Tiffin recipes
Cuisine: South Indian Cuisine
Keyword: aloo bonda, aloo ka pakoda, dosa poppers, poppers, potato fritters
Servings: 4 person
Author: Anjana Chaturvedi

Ingredients

Potato filling

  • 4 medium Potatoes / Aloo boiled
  • 2 Green Chillies / Hari Mirch chopped
  • handful Fresh Coriander / Cilantro / Hara Dhaniya
  • to taste Salt / Namak
  • 1/3 tsp Turmeric Powder / Haldi Powder
  • 1/2 tsp Red Chilli powder / Laal mirch powder
  • 1/2 tsp Mango Powder / Amchoor Powder
  • 1/3 tsp sambhar powder
  • 3/4 tsp Mustard Seeds / Rai *
  • 3/4 tsp White lentil/urad daal
  • 10 Curry Leaves / Kadi Patta chopped
  • 1/4 tsp Asafoetida / Hing powder
  • 2.5 tbsp Cooking Oil

Dosa batter

  • 2 cup Dosa batter
  • 1/4 cup Rice Flour / Chawal Ka Atta
  • to taste Salt / Namak
  • 1/3 tsp Turmeric Powder / Haldi Powder
  • 1/2 tsp Idli Podi Powder or sambhar powder
  • 1/2 tsp Red Chilli powder / Laal mirch powder

Instructions

  • Peel and mash the boiled potatoes.
  • Heat a heavy bottom pan and add oil, when oil become medium hot then add mustard and urad daal.
  • When they start to crackle then add chopped cashew,asafoetida, green chilies and curry leaves and stir to mix.
  • Now add turmeric and the mashed potatoes and mix well.
  • Now add salt, chili powder, mango powder and the sambhar masala and mix and saute for a minute on medium heat.
  • Switch off the heat and add chopped coriander and mix.
  • let the mixture cool down and come to room temperature.
  • Make small lemon size balls from the potato mix and keep aside.
  • In a bowl take the dosa batter and add rice flour and all the spices and mix well.
  • You can add some water if it become too thick, it should be like pakoda batter.
  • Heat enough oil in a deep pan.
  • Dip the potato balls in the dosa batter and then drop them in the hot oil.
  • Let them fry on medium hot oil to a nice golden colour and become crisp and then drain out on a paper napkin to absorb the excess oil.
  • Serve hot with any tangy spicy dip of your choice or coconut chutney or ketchup.
  • Enjoy !

Notes

Note-
instead of rice flour you can add besan + 2 tbsp semolina.