KEERAI BONDA

Ingredients:

1 cup besan flour
¼ cup corn flour
1 tbs rice flour
½ cup very finely cut onions
2 tbs finely cut green chillies
1 tsp ginger grated
1 tsp aniseeds
A good pinch of baking soda
A good pinch of asafoetida powder
Salt to taste

300 grms spinach , only leaves, cut fine
Little water
Oil for frying

Method:

Mix all the ingredients from besan flour to the salt, well.
Now in a bowl add in the finely cut spinach leaves.
Add in the flour onion mixture. Use your fingers and mash them well.
Just sprinkle little water to bind the mixture well.
PLEASE DO NOT ADD LOT OF WATER.

Now heat a wok with the oil.
When the oil is hot, just wet your hands, take little mixture.
Shape them into small balls, and fry them in oil till cooked well.
Keep the flame low , do not burn the keerai bonda.

Remove on kitchen paper, serve with chillie sauce.


NOTE: In the villages, this is served as a side dish for lunch.
In the city, this ia a appetiser.
You can use any keerai as you like, ara keerai, spinach,
drumstick leaves , siru keerai and so on.