Recipe- Make Winter Tea Breaks Delicious With Chana Dal Pakora

Chana Dal Pakora, Dal pakoda or Bengal Gram fritters are super crunchy and delicious pakora’s.

They are packed with Nutritious. This chana dal pakora is on my menu for today kitty party along with some more delicious kebabs like Dahi Ke Kebab, karele ke Kebab and Chicken Tikka…

But these pakora’s can be eaten as a snack or you can serve them as a finger food at your next dinner party.

Ingredients

½ cup chana dal (bengal gram)
1 teaspoon fennel seeds
1 teaspoon cumin seeds
2 to 3 small garlic cloves - roughly chopped
½ inch ginger - roughly chopped
1 green chili - roughly chopped
1.5 to 2 tablespoon chopped onion
1 pinch asafoetida (hing)
1 pinch baking soda (optional)
1.5 to 2 tablespoon water for grinding
2 tablespoon chopped onion - to be added later to the ground batter
½ to ¾ tablespoon chopped coriander leaves - can also be added later in the batter
salt as required
oil for deep frying or shallow frying

Method

Making chana dal pakora batter

* Pick and then rinse the dal for a couple of times in water.

* Soak the chana dal in enough water for 3 to 4 hours or overnight.

* Drain the soaked dal and add them to the grinder.

* Add 1.5 to 2 tbsp chopped onion along with the chopped green chilies, ginger and garlic, asafoetida, fennel seeds, cumin seeds in the grinder.

* Add 1.5 to 2 tbsp water and grind to a smooth batter.

* Take the ground batter in a bowl. Add 2 tbsp chopped onion and salt.

* Also add a pinch of baking soda if using. Mix the batter very well.

Making chana dal pakora

* Heat oil for deep frying in a pan or kadai.

* Drop spoonfuls of the batter in medium hot oil.

* Fry the pakoras till crisp and golden.

* Drain the pakoras on paper towels to remove excess oil.

* Serve chana dal pakoras hot or warm with green chutney or coconut chutney or tomato ketchup.