A delicious and crunchy snack.......
WHAT YOU NEED:
1 cup of chana dal or tour dal. I used half cup of each dal.
1 onion - finely diced
Pinch of asafoetida
1 tsp fennel seeds
1 tbs ginger and garlic paste
salt to taste
1- 2 sliced green chilli (optional - to suit your taste)
Besan flour (I found my mixture too wet at end so added enough besan flour to make it dry so that it did not fall apart while deep frying)
curry leaves (optional)
Oil for deep frying
WHAT YOU DO:
1. Wash and soak dals for 3 to 4 hours. Drain and remove as much water as possible. Shaking in a sieve is a good way to do this.
2. Coarse grind the dals with the fennel seeds.
3. Mix in the finely diced onion, salt, green chilli, ginger/garlic paste, asafoetida and curry leaves.
4. Heat oil
5. With wet hands take spoonfuls on the mixture and mould into round slightly flat fritter shapes and gently slide into oil.
6. Fry till golden brown. If the fritters are falling apart in the oil this means that the mixture is too wet. Add some besan flour till the mixture is drier and try again.
7. Serve hot.
