Birds nest balls

Good morning. Welcome the month of february. Yesterday was total fun watching the lunar eclipse andrelishing this yummy snack. Its something different from cutlet but mostly looks like cutlet though. Its called birds nest because it looks like nest once it is opened. Kids will surely love it. Apt for evening snacks or even party snacks.i have just used potato masala that we make for masal dosa which means we can use the left over masala of masal dosa. We can also use bhaji made for poori. I once upon a time saw this recipe or idea made by menu Rani chellam, when i was in school. Since that time, i wanted to make this dish. Now my daughter enjoyed it after coming from school. What a happiness cooking for loved ones. You can make variations by adding vegetables also. Please write your feedback once u tried this recipe.  

   Ingredients:

• Potato - 250 gms
• Onion - 2 finely chopped
• Green chilly - 2 finely chopped
• Ginger - 1" finely grated
• Mustard seeds
• Curry leaves
• Coriander leaves
• Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
• Oil
• Water
• Peas - little( to keep inside the balls)
• Salt
• Vermicelli -1 cup

Method:

• Boil potato and smash them well.
• Heat oil in pan, add mustard seeds .
• Add curry leaves, chopped green chilly and grated ginger.
• Add chopped onions. Saute well.
• Add turmeric powder, salt.
• Add the smashed potatoes and little water.
• Keep it closed and cook well.
• Turn off when its mushy.
• Garnish with coriander leaves.
• Once its cool down , make small balls of it.

• Take each and every ball and make a small gap in between, place the green peas in between and close the ball.
• Repeat for all the other balls.
• Heat oil in a pan for frying. Take vermicelli in a plate.
• Take each and every ball, coat nicely onto the balls and fry them in oil. 
• Flip them gently and fry them until golden colour.

Beautiful nest balls are ready. While serving open the balls into 2 and show the shape of the eggs in form of peas.