Green Bonda: 25-Min Recipe

Asha Suturia's crunchy Green Bondas are made from green mung and a little rice, ideally had with chutney.
The dal needs a few hours to soak, but the wadas take less than 25 minutes to make.

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• 1 cup green saboot mung or whole green gram
• 1 tbsp rice
• 4-5 green chillies

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• 1-inch piece ginger
• 1 onion, finely chopped
• ½ cup chopped spinach

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• Pinch hing or asafoetida
• ½ tsp coarsely powdered black pepper
• ¼ tsp jeera or cumin seeds

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• Salt to taste, about 1 tsp
• Oil for deep frying

Method

• Soak the mung and rice together for 4-5 hours.
• Grind the soaked mung, rice with the ginger, green chillies, spinach coarsely and add the rest of ingredients.

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• Heat the oil over medium heat and drop lime-size balls in hot oil.
  Fry till golden and drain on a paper towel-lined plate.
• Serve hot with tomato ketchup or mint chutney; Serves 3-4.

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• Serve hot with tomato ketchup or mint chutney; Serves 3-4.
• For a chutney recipe click here: Mint-Dhania Chutney.