Urad Dal Pakode

 

Pakoda is deep fried fitters and served as a snack. 

Usually pakoda is made from gram flour using some veggies like onions,  potatoes,  baingan and many more. But we can make pakoda with urad dal or moong dal also. 

Crunchy pakoda serves as starter in any party. You need only few ingredients to make this mouthwatering snack. 

A famous food from the streets of Kolkata, also known as Biuli Dal Er Boda in Bengali, this vada or pakoda recipe is made with a thick mixture of grounded urad dal, sooji chillies, onion along with some spices. 

Last month I was not well so could not participated in A to z recipe Challenge. 

This month we have word U for this Challenge and from word U there is only one ingredient which is urad dal and I made urad dal pakoda.

Urad, is also referred to as urad dal, udad dal, urd bean, urd, urid, black matpe bean, black gram,

Dal is a good source of proteins, carbohydrates, lipids, iron, and calcium. In addition, whole urad has dietary fibre, whereas urad dal (split urad) does not contain fibre.

Preparation Time:-

For soaking- 5 to 6 hours 

Other Preparation:- 10 minutes 

Cooking Time:-15 minutes 

Serves :- 4

Recipe Type:- snacks 

Author:- Hem Lata Srivastava 

Ingredients-

• Urad dal 2 cup
• Rice flour 1tbsp
• Salt to taste 
• Red chili powder 1tsp
• Chopped ginger 1tbsp
• Chopped green chili 1tbsp
• Chopped coriander leaves 
• Chopped onion 2 no.
• Crushed cumin 1tsp
• Crushed coriander seeds 1tbsp
• Chat masala powder 1tsp
• Oil for frying 

Method :-

• Wash and soak the dal for 5 to 6 hours. 
• Now drain the water. grind soaked urad dal along with water in a grinder. 
• Whipe until dal gets fluffy. 
• Add all the ingredients besides oil. Mix it well.
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• Heat oil in a large bottomed pan, add a spoonful of batter one after another..
• Wait until both the sides of the fritters become brown and crispy.
• Once done transfer them in a  serving plate.
• Serve hot with chutney.

Notes :-

• I use mustard oil for frying you any vegetable oil.
• I use rice flour you can use semolina. 
• Batter should be fluffy.