Bonda
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Bonda is a typical South Indian snack that has various sweet and spicy versions of it at different regions.
The process of making a spicy bonda involves deep-frying potato
(or other vegetables) filling dipped in gram flour
batter.
Bonda has a sweet and a spicy variant. Keralites
prefer the sweet one called Sugiyan, while the savoury version is common in the rest of India. The spicy flatter version is called as Batata vada
in Maharashtra
.
Some regional variants in Kerala
replace the potato with tapioca
(Tapioca Bonda) or sweet potato and some onion, hard boiled egg (Mutta Bonda), masala
, minced meat and other ingredients.
Vegetable Bonda is a dish of Udupi cuisine
, where fresh green peas and other finely chopped vegetables like fench beans, carrot and coriander leaves are used as filling.
Coconut in Tulu Language is called as Bonda Or Thaarai.
Preparation
Potato
The potato is a starchy, tuberous crop from the perennial Solanum tuberosum of the Solanaceae family . The word potato may refer to the plant itself as well as the edible tuber. In the region of the Andes, there are some other closely related cultivated potato species...
(or other vegetables) filling dipped in gram flour
Gram flour
Gram flour is a cereal flour made from ground chickpeas. It is also known as chickpea flour, garbanzo flour, or besan . Used in many countries, it is a staple ingredient in Indian, Pakistani and Bangladeshi cuisines, and, in the form of a paste with water or yoghurt, a popular facial exfoliant in...
batter.
Bonda has a sweet and a spicy variant. Keralites
Kerala
or Keralam is an Indian state located on the Malabar coast of south-west India. It was created on 1 November 1956 by the States Reorganisation Act by combining various Malayalam speaking regions....
prefer the sweet one called Sugiyan, while the savoury version is common in the rest of India. The spicy flatter version is called as Batata vada
Batata vada
Batata Vada is a popular Indian vegetarian fast food in Maharashtra, India. It literally means potato fritters. The name "Batata" means potato in English. It consists of a potato mash patty coated with chick pea flour, then deep-fried and served hot with savory condiments called Chutney...
in Maharashtra
Maharashtra
Maharashtra is a state located in India. It is the second most populous after Uttar Pradesh and third largest state by area in India...
.
Some regional variants in Kerala
Kerala
or Keralam is an Indian state located on the Malabar coast of south-west India. It was created on 1 November 1956 by the States Reorganisation Act by combining various Malayalam speaking regions....
replace the potato with tapioca
Tapioca
Tapioca is a starch extracted Manihot esculenta. This species, native to the Amazon, Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Haiti, the Dominican Republic, Honduras, and most of the West Indies, is now cultivated worldwide and has many names, including cassava, manioc, aipim,...
(Tapioca Bonda) or sweet potato and some onion, hard boiled egg (Mutta Bonda), masala
Masala
Masala or massala is a term used in South Asian cuisines to mostly describe a mixture of spices. A masala can either be a combination of dried spices, or a paste made from a mixture of spices and other ingredients—often garlic, ginger, onions and chilli paste...
, minced meat and other ingredients.
Vegetable Bonda is a dish of Udupi cuisine
Udupi cuisine
Udupi cuisine is a world-renowned cuisine of South India. It forms an important part of the Cuisine of Karnataka and takes its name from Udupi, a town on the southwest coast of India in the state of Karnataka. The Udupi cuisine has its origin in the Ashta mathas of Udupi founded by...
, where fresh green peas and other finely chopped vegetables like fench beans, carrot and coriander leaves are used as filling.
Coconut in Tulu Language is called as Bonda Or Thaarai.