Potato Bhajiya

Ingredients:

Potatoes - 1 (medium size)
Besan (Yellow gram powder) - 1 cup
Salt - to taste
Turmeric powder - a pinch
Chilli powder or ground pepper - 1 tsp
Water - 1-2 cups
Oil - 3 cups
Cooking soda - a pinch

For stuffing:

Onions (chopped fine) - 2 (medium sized)
Salt - 1 tsp
Lime juice - 2 tbsp
Green chillies - 1 (chopped fine)
Coriander - a small bunch (chopped fine)
Method:

Peel potato, slice it very thin with potato slicer, dip them in salt water and keep aside. Bring oil to boil in a kadai.

Mix besan, salt, turmeric and chilli powder, add one or two spoons of boiling oil to this before mixing water.

Add cooking soda, and water and mix well (ensuring there are no lumps) to make into thin batter (2-3 thread consistency).

Dip each slice of potato and deep fry them in oil. When it is fried properly, remove from fire.

For stuffing, mix chopped onions, chillies, coriander, lime juice, and salt in a bowl.

Take each bhajiya, slit it vertically to make a pouch. Fill one spoon of the stuffing mixture and keep aside.

Serve hot with tomato / mint chutney or tomato sauce.