Paruppu vadai (mixed pulse fried snack)

1 Servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
3 cups Bengal gram dal
1 cup Toor dal
1 cup Black gram dal
2 tablespoons Grated coconut
2 tablespoons Ghee
Oil; for frying
4 Red chiles
15 Green chiles
4 Sprigs curry leaves
¾ teaspoon Asafoetida
Salt; to taste

Directions

Clean, wash and soak dals together for 3 hours. Drain water completely.

Grind red and green chilies, curry leaves, asafoetida, salt, and a spoonful of dals together to a fine paste. Add rest of dals and grind coarsely. Do not add any water. Add ghee and grated coconut and mix well. Take a spoonful of batter on a clean polythene sheet and pat into 5 cm. Vadais.

Make 4 to 5 Vadais at a time. Heat oil and deep fry Vadais till crisp.

Drain and serve hot with Chutney or Raita.

Makes 45.

For Masala Paruppu Vadai (Fried Snack With Pulses & Onions) - Make a batter as above. Omit grated coconut. instead add 3 onions (peeled and chopped fine) and 2 tablespoons coriander leaves (chopped fine) to the batter just before frying and mix well.

From: Southern Delights (Recipes To Remember From Palakkad) by Parwathy Akhileswaran

Recipe by: Southern Delights by Parwathy Akhileswaran Posted to recipelu-digest by Sharon Raghavachary <schary@...> on Feb 17, 1998

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