Potato & Spinach balls in red sauce

Ingredients

1 large potato, boiled and mashed

1 bunch palak/spinach leaves, shredded fine

3-4 bread slices, dipped in water and squeezed

1 medium onion, chopped fine

1 green chilli, chopped fine

1/4 teaspoon garlic paste

oil to fry

salt to taste

For the sauce

5-6 garlic cloves, chopped fine

4 green chillies, chopped fine

1/2 green capsicum, chopped fine

1 teaspoon pepper powder

1/4 teaspoon sugar

2 tablespoon soya sauce

2 tablespoon tomato ketchup

2 tablespoon red chilli sauce

2 tablespoon oil

salt to taste

1 tablespoon cornflour, dissolved in 1/2 cup water

Method

• In a mixing bowl, add the mashed potato, shredded spinach leaves, chopped onion, chopped green chilli, garlic paste and squeezed bread.Mix everything well and knead well.
• Make small balls of this mixture and keep them in the freezer for 5 minutes.(moist your hands to roll the balls)
• Heat oil enough for frying in a deep bottomed pan. Deep fry the prepared balls until golden brown in colour. Drain onto a kitchen towel.

 To prepare the sauce

• In a small bowl, mix the soy sauce, tomato ketchup, chilli sauce and salt.
• Heat 2 tbsp oil in a sauce pan. Add the sugar to the oil.Once the sugar starts to caramelize add the chopped garlic and green chillies.

• Saute them quickly, and pour the sauce mix immediately. Mix well and cook the sauce for a minute. Add the capsicum and mix well.
• Add the cornflour dissolved in water and keep stirring until the sauce thickens slightly. Switch off the flame.
• Pour the prepared sauce over the fried spinach and potato balls and serve.