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Deep fried Rice Balls | Rice bonda |Indian Snack Item

Published: Mar 8, 2013 · Modified: May 4, 2020

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deep fried rice balls  or rice bonda with step by step pictures and a quick video-  rice bonda is a quick evening snack made with cooked rice, rice flour, onion and green chilly. Left over rice from lunch, can be quickly made to a evening snack for kids and adults.Its also a great instant snack recipe to make when you have last minute guest. For adults serve the deep fried rice balls with some hot coffee or tea.

rice bonda or rice pakoda made with left over rice as evening snack

Serve these as Kids afternoon snack with some strawberries and milk on the side.  These snacks will keep the kids full till dinner time.

rice bonda or rice pakoda made with left over rice as evening snack

Not very often you find an Andhra girl making her rice mushy. It did happen yesterday and my rice turned out quite mushy than I could eat. After carefully taking out a layer of the top rice, I was left with some soft rice. Though i don’t prefer, I decided to throw it away.  While i was debating to do that, i heard the hungry kids asking for something yummy. In a flash I decided to deep fry my rice just the same way I do the punugulu with the dosa batter. They turned out pretty good.

These are not just tasty but a very fast dish/snack to make provided you have some rice at home. Even brown rice works well with this recipe. Deep fried rice balls can also be called as rice bonda.

Please do check out my new youtube cooking channel where i share simple, healthy short videos- Madhu’s Everyday Indian. While you are there, do check my  instant rava vada video.

In addition to the deep fried rice balls, please do checkout my other snack recipes-

chana dal & green moong dal vada

masala vada 

instant rava vada video

Some non fried quick snack recipes–

healthy corn chaat recipe

sprouted green moong dal chaat

pan fried potatoes 

rice bonda or rice pakoda made with left over rice as evening snack

rice bonda video –

Deep fried Rice Balls | Rice bonda |Indian Snack Item
Recipe Type: snack
Cuisine: Indian
Author: Madhu
Prep time: 10 mins
Cook time: 10 mins
Total time: 20 mins
Serves: 15-20
Rice bonda- Quick and easy snack made with some left over rice. Serve the rice bonda with chutney/ketchup and a cup of tea.
Ingredients
  • Cooked white rice- 1.5 cup mashed or coarsely grind
  • Rice flour ( biyyapu pindi) – 3 to 4 tbsps
  • Small onion- 1, finely chopped
  • Ginger- 1 inch, grated
  • Green chilly- 2 to 3 chopped fine or to taste
  • Cumin seeds- ½ tsp
  • Salt to taste
  • Coriander leaves- 2 tsp finely chopped
  • Oil for deep frying
Instructions
  1. Coarsely grind the rice in a mixer or mash it well using a fork.
  2. Transfer the mashed rice to a bowl.
  3. Add the cumin seeds, ginger, onion, coriander leaves, rice flour and salt to taste.
  4. Mix all the above ingredients.T
  5. You may want to adjust the amount of rice flour depending on how soft the rice.
  6. If the mixture is too thick, sprinkle some water.
  7. Make small round balls of the dough.
  8. Heat oil for deep frying.
  9. Deep fry the balls, few at at a time in medium heat.
  10. Serve immediately with some chutney or ketchup/tomato sauce.
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Deep fried rice balls / rice bonda with step by step pictures-

Procedure:
Coarsely grind the rice in a mixer or mash it well using a fork.
rice bonda, rice balls
Transfer the mashed rice to a bowl.
rice bonda, rice balls
Add the cumin seeds, ginger, onion and coriander leaves.
Add the cumin seeds, ginger, onion and coriander leaves.
Add the rice flour and salt to taste.
rice bonda, rice balls evening snack
Mix all the above ingredients.
Add the cumin seeds, ginger, onion and coriander leaves.
You may want to adjust the amount of rice flour depending on how soft the rice.
If the mixture is too thick, sprinkle some water.
Make small round balls of the dough.
Add the cumin seeds, ginger, onion and coriander leaves.
Heat oil for deep frying and gently add the balls.
Add the cumin seeds, ginger, onion and coriander leaves.
Deep fry the balls, few at at a time in medium heat.
Add the cumin seeds, ginger, onion and coriander leaves.
Serve immediately with some chutney or ketchup/tomato sauce.

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Comments

  1. Shweet Spicess

    June 25, 2014 at 11:07 pm

    hey madhavi its nice to reach ur blog via julie who tried the same recipe of urs!! Fantastic neat blog u got!! Im following u now!! do visit my space too and stay in touch by following my updates 🙂

    Reply
  2. ancy

    November 06, 2013 at 12:57 pm

    i tried but its not getting cooked from inside and i used maida instead of rice flour

    Reply
    • Madhavi K

      November 06, 2013 at 1:54 pm

      If the oil temperature is too hot, the outer layer will become brown fast, but the inside will be still uncooked. Make sure the temperature of the oil is not very hot. The right temperature is when you drop some dough, it comes up with in few seconds and doesn’t become brown immediately. Also using maida should be fine. Hope this helps!

      Reply
  3. Swasthi Blank

    March 09, 2013 at 7:08 am

    Hi Madhu! your potato kurma post has a broken link. these rice balls look stunning and very nice clicks

    Reply
    • Madhavi K

      March 09, 2013 at 4:39 pm

      When i was still writing the post my son by mistake clicked publish. I immediately deleted it. Sorry for the confusion. Will post the potato kurma recipe soon.

      Reply
  4. kausers kitchen

    March 09, 2013 at 7:31 am

    very interesting, rice balls look yummy.

    Reply
  5. DivyaGCP

    March 09, 2013 at 1:28 am

    Nice idea.. Rice balls looks delicious..

    Reply
  6. Priya Elias

    March 09, 2013 at 6:30 am

    Very Tempting Madhavi!

    Reply
  7. anusha praveen

    March 08, 2013 at 1:44 pm

    Hmm yumm deep fried bliss and that too rice!! brilliant

    Reply
  8. Dipti Joshi

    March 08, 2013 at 10:23 am

    Wow! Very innovative and useful recipe with rice.

    Reply
  9. Ramya Krishnamurthy

    March 08, 2013 at 9:58 am

    yummy and tempting fritters sis:)

    Reply
  10. Priya

    March 08, 2013 at 2:11 pm

    Thanks Madhavi,for ur kind words..these cute bites are incredible and quite addictive.

    Reply
  11. Sireesha Puppala

    March 08, 2013 at 6:28 am

    Good u didn’t throw the rice in bin…nice idea with the lef overs…n the first pic is just awesome madhu…..

    Reply
  12. Divya Shivaraman

    March 08, 2013 at 6:23 am

    Wow – lovely presentation 🙂

    Reply
  13. Latha Madhusudhan

    March 08, 2013 at 4:28 am

    They look so tempting and well made

    Reply

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