Parippu Vada - Dal Fritters

Parippu Vada - Dal Fritters

Crunchy Parippu Vada is a favorite accompaniment with a cup of hot tea in Kerala. The following recipe yields 12 medium sized vadas.

Ingredients:
Dal(Bengal Gram) - 1cup
Onion - 1/2nos.
Shallots - 2-3nos.
Green Chillies - 3nos.
Ginger - 1/2"
Curry Leaves - 2sprigs
Salt - 1/2tsp. or to taste

Method:
Wash & soak the dal for 3-4hours. Drain well & grind to a coarse paste. Do not add any water. The moisture retained by dal will be enough. Chop the rest of the ingredients.(I usually grind the chillies with the dal.) Add the chopped ingredients to the ground dal and mix well. Add salt just before frying the fritters. To fry the fritters, take a spoonful of the dal mixture, shape into vadas and fry in oil on a medium flame.
Tips: Save a spoon or two of the soaked dal. Add to dal mixture at end. This will make the vadas more appealing!

Pound Cake

Pound Cake

Sambhar

Sambhar

Ingredients:

Tuvar Dal - 1/2 cup
Onions - 1 nos.
Green chillies - 1nos.
Vegetables, diced - 3-5 cups of your choice mix
(Potato/Raw banana/Brinjal/Yellow Pumpkin/Yam/Drumsticks/Ladies Finger/Carrots/Tomatoes )
Sambhar Masala - 2tbsp.
Asafoetida - 1/4 - 1/2 tsp
Turmeric - a pinch
Mustard seeds - 1tsp
Tamarind - half the size of a lemon
Curry leaves - 2 sprigs
Salt to taste

Method:

Pressure cook the dal with turmeric. Mash it & keep aside. Soak tamarind in water.

Heat oil and splutter mustard seeds. Add curry leaves, chopped onion & slit green chillies.
Fry for a while(not till brown!). Add asafoetida followed by the vegetables(except for ladies finger & tomatoes). Fry for a min or two. Add water. Add salt and cook till almost done. Add tomatoes & ladies finger and cook till done. Add tamarind extract & bring to boil. Mix Sambhar in a little water and add it to the vegetables. Cook for a little while and then add the dal. Check for consistency. Add water if required. Let it boil for few minutes and then switch off. Serve hot with rice.

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