Fried Vegetable Balls Video by Tarla Dalal

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Fried Vegetable Balls Video. Fried Vegetable Balls is an ever-popular starter . Made of a large assortment of veggies, ranging from potatoes to beans and capsicum, this yummy starter is excitingly flavoured with spices and soy sauce.

Recipe Description for Fried Vegetable Balls, Starter

Preparation Time: 20 mins
Cooking Time: 25 mins
Makes 16 vegetable balls
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Ingredients

For Fried Vegetable Balls
2 cups boiled and mashed potatoes
1/2 cup finely chopped french beans
5 tbsp boiled green peas
1/4 cup finely chopped capsicum
1 tbsp oil
1 tsp finely chopped green chillies
1/2 tsp ginger-garlic (adrak-lehsun) paste
1/2 tsp chilli powder
1 tsp soy sauce
salt to taste
1/2 cup plain flour (maida)
bread crumbs for rolling
oil for deep-frying

For Serving With Fried Vegetable Balls
tomato ketchup

Method

For fried vegetable balls

To make {span class="bold1"}fried vegetable balls{/span}, combine the plain flour and approx. ¾ cup of water in a deep bowl, whisk well and keep aside.
Heat the oil in a broad non-stick pan, add the green chillies and ginger- garlic paste, mix well and sauté on a medium flame for 30 seconds.
Add the french beans and capsicum and sauté on a medium flame for 5 to 7 minutes.
Add the chilli powder and soy sauce, mix well and sauté on a medium flame for 30 seconds.
Add the potatoes, green peas and salt, mix well and cook on a medium flame for 2 minutes, while stirring occasionally. Cool slightly.
Divide the mixture into 16 equal portions and shape each portion into a ball.
Dip each ball into the prepared plain flour-water mixture so that it is evenly coated on all the sides.
Roll it in bread crumbs till they are evenly coated from all the sides.
Heat the oil in a deep non-stick pan and deep-fry a few balls at a time on a medium flame till they turn golden brown in colour from all the sides. Drain on an absorbent paper.
Serve the {span class="bold1"}fried vegetable balls{/span} immediately with tomato ketchup.