Recipe - Paruppu Vadai (Mixed Pulse Fried Snack)

3 cup Bengal gram dal
1 cup Toor dal
1 cup Black gram dal
2 tablespoon Grated coconut
2 tablespoon Ghee
Oil; for frying
4 Red chiles
15 Green chiles
4 Sprigs curry leaves
Three fourths teaspoon Asafoetida
Salt; to taste

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 recipeludigest by Sharon Raghavachary schary@earthlink.net on
Feb 17, 1998