Bonda can be made in several ways, this one is an easy version with simple ingredients that you can whip up within minutes and tastes wonderful. With simple ingredients such as besan / Kadalai maavu/ chickpea flour, rice flour, sooji (Rava), onion, green chilli, ginger, asafoetida and curry/ coriander leaves, and a simple procedure, even bachelors can make this easily. I used to have this a lot in my childhood, my mom makes this as a mid-day snack after or as she makes lunch. Just only for me, I used to have it hot and lot too, hehehe😁. I make this for myself when ever I make bajji. I like this one more than the bajji. This is very basic and easy version, you can add finely chopped, carrot or cabbage too.
Bonda recipe
Prep Time: 10 mins | Cook time: 20 mins | Makes: 3
Ingredients
Besan/ Chickpea flour – 1/2 cup heaped
Rice flour – 2 tbsp
Rava/ semolina – 1 tbsp
Onion – 1, finely chopped
Green chilli – 1, finely chopped
Curry leaves – few
Coriander leaves, finely chopped – 1 tbsp
Asafoetida – 1 generous pinch
Cooking soda – 1/8 spoon
Ginger finely chopped – 1 tsp
Salt – as needed
Hot oil – 1 tbsp
Oil – to deep fry
Method
- In a mixing bowl, mix all the ingredients (except the oil to deep fry) with 1/2 cup of water. For me it was just right, depending on the besan/ rice flour texture, adjust the water consistency as needed to make a thick batter.
- Heat oil and you can either use a spoon or your hand to make small bondas in oil. Cook both sides in medium or low flame.
- Drain in paper towel once the bonda is cooked from inside and golden in colour.
- In a mixing bowl, mix all the ingredients (except the oil to deep fry) with 1/2 cup of water. For me it was just right, depending on the besan/ rice flour texture, adjust the water consistency as needed to make a thick batter.
Notes
- Making small sized bondas and cooking in low or medium flame ensures cooking from inside. Also cooking soda is important to make it cooked from inside.
- Adding rava and hot oil adds a nice crisp to the bondas.
- If the water content is less, the bonda will turn hard and dry.
Serve hot with cococnut chutney or tomato sauce. I like it as such.
jeyashri suresh
August 19, 2015 at 6:57 amOne of my favourite. Tea kadai shop la we get. Never tried at home though. Super tempting
Deesingh
August 19, 2015 at 10:53 amYumm!!! Love the video
Gayathri Ramanan
August 19, 2015 at 3:20 pmbonda looks yummy and tempting…
Geethu Sathiyan
August 19, 2015 at 5:06 pmLovely! If u hav recipe of killu pakoda,post tat too 🙂
Geethu Sathiyan
August 19, 2015 at 5:07 pmLovely! If u hav recipe of killu pakoda,post tat too 🙂
Traditionally Modern Cook
August 20, 2015 at 8:58 pmBonda looks delicious..perfect with evening tea
Priyadharshini R
August 24, 2015 at 4:53 amHi Mam.. a general doubt .. u r recipes are very easy to prepare and very nice.. please help me with the issue.. whenever I use tamarind for rasam or pulikulambu it's tastes much soar.. please help me to check and how to add tamarind water or pulp for dishes. I will be very grateful
Raks anand
August 24, 2015 at 4:59 amEach tamarind variety is different in taste. So, the best is after you cook for the first day, next day you have to adjust the quantity. You have to use specific measures like measuring spoons and tightly pack while you measure for cooking, so that, next day you can adjust the quantity accordingly.
Subashini
October 26, 2015 at 12:43 amHi raji. ..tried this bonda yesterday for a small get together at home..It was so good and everyone enjoyed it. ..I quadrupled the measurements as I needed to prepare more. Your measurements were so perfect as usual and I just replaced green chillies with red chilli powder.thanks for sharing such à simple and easy recipe…
Leelavathy
September 10, 2016 at 2:31 pmHi, just now tried this recipe and came out very well. Thanks to u. But I didn't get that round shape. I think that's because of batter consistency.
Ms Zyed
February 17, 2017 at 2:36 amHi Raks I made the bondas but it turn out to be sticking to the kadai when frying? Why?
Ms Zyed
February 17, 2017 at 2:36 amHi Raks I made the bondas but it turn out to be sticking to the kadai when frying? Why?
Raks anand
February 17, 2017 at 2:46 amOil should have been not hot? Or less oil for deep frying?