Urad Dal Ke Pakode
Urad Dal Ke Pakode is a tasty recipe made with urad dal and spices. Urad Dal Ke Pakode is a delicious tea time snack recipe accompanied with chutney. It is the one of the most easy and quick snack recipe. Urad Dal Ke Pakodes are irresistible because of its crispiness and divine taste.
First rain already showed up in Mumbai, India this week, being born and brought up in India I have special relation with rain, chai and pakoda. Here in the USA its summer. But, we also got the rain and thunderstorm yesterday, so made this pakoda for our evening teatime snack, the batter was premade on weekend and was in refrigerator in an airtight container. One tends to crave for deep-fried and spicy snacks that you can pair a cup of hot ginger tea. Pakoda tastes best in rainy season and what can be a better choice than these Urad Dal Ke Pakode. In India, there are so many varieties of pakoda that you can find including Kanda bhaji, Methi na gota, Palak pakoda, Mix veg pakoda…etc. This is an easy-to-make pakoda recipe which is prepared with urad dal, onion, coriander leaves, and some spices. Serve hot with ketchup or chutney of your choice and enjoy.
Ingredients:
• 1 cup Urad Dal/Split Black Lentil
• ¼ cup Suji/Semolina
• ½ cup Chopped Onion
• ¼ cup Chopped Coriander Leaves
• 2 Green Chilies Chopped Finely
• 1 Inch Ginger Finely Chopped
• 2-3 Pinch Soda
• 4-5 Peppercorn Crushed
• ½ tsp Cumin Seeds Crushed
• Salt
• Oil for Frying
Method:
1. Wash and soak the urad dal for 3-4 hrs or overnight.
2. Drain the dal and blend it till smooth paste, use less than ¼ cup water if required. Remove the mixture into the mixing bowl.
3. Now add all remaining ingredients into the urad dal paste except oil, mix it/beat it well with spoon till light soft batter.
4. Heat the oil for frying in deep pan, once hot enough, drop small small balls into the hot oil with your hand or spoon and fry them until all sides becomes golden brown.
5. Remove Pakodas on absorbent paper, use same process for remaining batter and make Pakodas.
6. Your Urad Dal Pakoda is ready to serve with green chutney, ketchup or hot tea.
Tips:
• Do not add too much water while blending; if mixture become thin, pakoda will soak more oil.
• You can air fry or fry them in appe pan if you don’t want to do deep fry.
• You can add rice flour instead of suji/semolina.
- 1 cup Urad Dal/Split Black Lentil
- ¼ cup Suji/Semolina
- ½ cup Chopped Onion
- ¼ cup Chopped Coriander Leaves
- 2 Green Chilies Chopped Finely
- 1 Inch Ginger Finely Chopped
- 2-3 Pinch Soda
- 4-5 Peppercorn Crushed
- ½ tsp Cumin Seeds Crushed
- Salt
- Oil for Frying
- Wash and soak the urad dal for 3-4 hrs or overnight.
- Drain the dal and blend it till smooth paste, use less than ¼ cup water if required. Remove the mixture into the mixing bowl.
- Now add all remaining ingredients into the urad dal paste except oil, mix it/beat it well with spoon till light soft batter.
- Heat the oil for frying in deep pan, once hot enough, drop small small balls into the hot oil with your hand or spoon and fry them until all sides becomes golden brown.
- Remove Pakodas on absorbent paper, use same process for remaining batter and make Pakodas.
- Your Urad Dal Pakoda is ready to serve with green chutney, ketchup or hot tea.
• You can air fry or fry them in appe pan if you don’t want to do deep fry.
• You can add rice flour instead of suji/semolina.
