Carrot masala vada | Carrot dal fritters | Carrot paruppu vadai

Cuisine Style: India | Preparation & Cooking Time: 25 minutes | To Serve: 3 | Take with: Green chutney, Tomato chilli sauce, coconut chutney | Type: Snacks

Ingredients

• Bengal gram [channa dal] – ½ cup
• Toor dal [thuvaram paruppu]– ½ cup
• Carrot – 1 or 3 tbsp [finely grated]
• Rice flour or semolina – 1 tbsp
• Avul [Poha] – 2 tbsp [optional]
• Sambar onion [shallots] or big onion [1]– 6 to 7 [finely chopped]
• Dry red chilli – 2 to 3
• Garlic – 3 cloves [chopped]
• Ginger – 2 tbsp [chopped] or ½ inch piece
• Fennel seeds – 1 tbsp
• Cumin seeds – ½ tbsp
• Coriander leaves – 3 springs or 4 tbsp [finely chopped]
• Curry leaves – 1 spring
• Salt to taste
• Oil for deep frying [ground nut oil or sunflower oil]

Preparation Method

• Wash & soak bengal gram & toor dal for 2 to 3 hours. Then wash & completely drain water.
• Add garlic, ginger, dry red chiili, cumin& fennel seeds in a mixer jar then coarsely grind
• Then add bengal gram, toor dal, curry leaves, coriander leaves & salt in the same mixer jar then coarsely grind [ Don’t add water]
• Then transfer mixture to a bowl add sambar onion, rice flour, avul mix well.
• Divide the mixture into equal size balls then flatten.
• Heat enough oil in a pan deep fry both sides till golden brown & crisp on medium hot oil.
• Then drain on absorbent paper & serve hot with tomato sauce, green chilli sauce

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Carrot paruppu vadai

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