Moong Dal Pakoda

Name: Moong Dal Pakoda
Total time: 900 s
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 200 g moong dal (split skinless green gram); 2 big onions sliced; 2-3 green chillies chopped; 1 inch ginger chopped; 1 tsp cumin seeds; 1 pinch asafoetida (hing); 1 pinch baking soda; 2 sprigs curry leaves; To taste salt; as needed Oil for deep frying

Pratima Mohanty @cook_13984189

Moong Dal Pakoda

Pratima Mohanty @cook_13984189

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Ingredients

15 minutes

4 servings

200 gmoong dal (split skinless green gram)
2big onions sliced
2-3green chillies chopped
1 inch ginger chopped
1 tspcumin seeds
1 pinchasafoetida (hing)
1 pinchbaking soda
2 sprigscurry leaves
To tastesalt
as neededOil for deep frying

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Steps

15 minutes

1

Wash and soak the moong dal in water for about 3-4 hours. Drain the water.
2

Add the moong dal to a blender and blend it to a course paste/batter. Transfer the paste to a mixing bowl.
3

Add in onion, green chilli, ginger, curry leaves, cumin seeds, hing, baking soda and salt. Mix everything well. Keep it aside for 20-30 minutes.
4

Heat oil in a pan. Using your fingers drop small amounts of batter in hot oil.
5

Deep fry the pakodas on medium heat until golden brown and crisp.
6

Remove the pakodas from oil, drain on paper towel and serve hot.