Yellow Moong And Urad Dal Pakoda Recipe

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup yellow moong dal (split yellow gram)
• 1/2 cup urad dal (safed urad dal)
• 1 tsp finely chopped ginger (adrak)
• 2 tsp finely chopped green chillies
• 1/4 tsp coarsely crushed cumin seeds (jeera)
• 1/2 tsp coarsely crushed freshly ground black pepper (kalimirch)
• 2 tbsp chopped curry leaves (kadi patta)
• 2 tbsp finely chopped coriander (dhania)
• 1/4 tsp asafoetida (hing)
• salt (namak) to taste
• 2 tbsp besan (gram flour)
• oil for deep-frying

Steps

1. To make yellow moong and urad dal pakoda, combine the yellow moong dal and urad dal in a deep bowl and soak in enough water for 3 hours. Drain well.
2. Blend in a mixer till coarse using ½ cup of water.
3. Transfer the mixture into a deep bowl, add all the remaining ingredients and mix well.
4. Heat the oil in a deep non-stick pan, drop spoonful of the mixture using your fingers and deep-fry, a few pakodas at a time, on a medium flame till they turn golden brown in colour from all the sides. Drain on an absorbent paper.
5. Serve the yellow moong and urad dal pakoda immediately with coconut chutney.