How much cooking time?

25 min — 15 min prep, 10 min cooking.

Kaalan Bonda

Name: Kaalan Bonda
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 5 servings
Cuisine: Tamil Nadu Indian
Ingredients: 2tbsp Coriander Leaves; 2.5g Red Chilli Powder (Lal Mirch); 120g button mushrooms; salt; 1cup Gram Flour; 1g Turmeric Powder; 2tbsp Coconut Oil

Mushroom-stuffed gram flour bonda deep-fried till golden. Popular evening snack from Chennai tea stalls.

Time 25 min · Serves 5 · 157 kcal · Chennai, Tamil Nadu

Ingredients

Garnish

Coriander Leaves (optional) (garnish) — 2 tbsp (chopped)

Main

Red Chilli Powder (Lal Mirch) — 2.5 g (ground)
button mushrooms — 120 g (chopped)
salt (optional) (whole)
Gram Flour — 1 cup (ground)
Turmeric Powder — 1 g (ground)

Tempering

Coconut Oil — 2 tbsp (whole)

Method

Clean and finely chop the mushrooms. Saute briefly in a little oil with turmeric and red chilli powder until they release and reabsorb their moisture. Cool.
Make a thick batter with gram flour, a pinch of turmeric and chilli powder, salt and water.
Shape the cooked mushroom mixture into small balls and dip each one in the gram-flour batter.
Heat coconut oil in a deep kadhai on medium flame. Fry the coated balls in batches until golden brown and crisp.
Drain on paper towels, garnish with coriander leaves, and serve hot with coconut or tomato chutney.

Common questions

How many calories in one plate of Kaalan Bonda?: 157 kcal per plate.
How much cooking time?: 25 min — 15 min prep, 10 min cooking.

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