Rice Dal Pakoda

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The snack is tasty and filling. this can be served with chutneys for better taste.

this is an old snack and has gradually disappeared from the lost of popular recipes.

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Rice Dal Pakoda recipe - How to make Rice Dal Pakoda

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Deep Fry

Preparation Time: 15 minutes Cooking Time: 15 minutes Total Time: 30 mins 5
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Ingredients

1 cup rice (chawal)
1 cup toovar (arhar) dal
1 cup chana dal (split Bengal gram)
1 cup urad dal (split black lentils)
1 cup moong dal (split green gram)
9 red chillies
a small piece of ginger (adrak)
curry leaves (kadi patta) as required
1/2 cup grated coconut
2 cups oil
1 pinch of asafoetida (hing)
salt to taste

Method

Soak bengal gram dhal, toor dhal and rice together for approximately 60 minutes.
Soak green gram dhal and black gram dhal separately for approximately 60 minutes.
Wash the soaked rice and dhal and remove small stones, foreign particles and drain water.
Grind the soaked bengal gram dhal, toor dhal and rice along with chillies, asfoetida, and salt into a rough paste;
Drain water from the soaked black gram dhal; grind separately; and mix with the rice dhal paste mentioned above.
Drain water from the soaked green gram dhal and mix the green gram with the rice dhal paste.
Cut ginger into small bits and add the ginger bits and coconut scrapings to the rice dhal paste.
Pinch curry leaves and add the pinched leaves to the rice dhal paste.
Mix the above and ensure a loose batter.
Heat the frying pan and pour the batter into the pan to form small pakodas.
Add oil and turn over each pakoda 2-3 times until it appears crisp.