CHANA DAL PAKODA

INGREDIENTS:

½ cup chopped onion

1 inch Ginger

9 Garlic Cloves

Salt

1 tbsp Cumin seeds

½ cup soaked chana dal (soaked in water for 5hrs)

5 Green chillies

1 cup oil

Water

1 tbsp Corn Flour

¼ tsp Asafetida

PREPARATION:

• Clean, wash and soak the ½ cup chana dal in a deep bowl in enough water for 5 hours. Drain well..

• Chopped onion into small dice.

METHOD:

  


• Take drained chana dal in a bowl and keep aside.
• Blend the chana dal, 1tbsp cumin seeds, 9 garlic cloves ,1 inch ginger, 5 green chilies, 2 tbsp water & salt in a mixer to a coarse mixture without using any water.
• Transfer the mixture into a deep bowl and add ½ cup onion, ¼ tsp asafetida, 1 tbsp corn flour. Mix all together.
• Heat the oil in a deep non-stick kadhai and deep-fry, a few pakodas at a time on a medium flame.
• Fry till they turn golden brown in color from all the sides.
• Drain on an absorbent paper. Serve with green chutney.