Paruppu Vadai

Paruppu vadai is a popular south indian yummy tea time snacks recipe. It is prepared using channa dal or yellow split peas. And is also a festival recipe (diwali). The two deep fried delicacy which we make for most of the festivals are Ulundu vadai / methu vadai  and paruppu vadai. The ulundu vadai is cooming soon.

The aqueeze of shallots in this paruppu vadi which gives unique taste to the recipe when we bite...  We use that Ulunda vadai to make rasam vadai. So try this recipe and tell how it is.....

Preparation time : 10 mins

Frying time : 7 mins

Serve - 4 to 5

Item - snacks

INGREDIENTS :

Yellow-split-peas (pattani paruppu) - 2 cups

Shallots (small onions) - 1 cup (finely chopped)

Ginger - 1/2 tspn (finely chopped)

Green chilli - 1/2 tspn (finely chopped)

Asafoetida - 1/4 tspn

Salt - as needed

Curry leaves - a few

METHOD :

• First soak the split peas ( pattani paruppu) for 3 hours.
• Grind 1 3/4 cup of dal, salt, asafoetida, in a blender into coarse form.
• Add all other ingredients in the bowl (except oil) and squeeze the onion mixture well with the hand.
• Add in grinded dal and the remaining dal into the bowl and mix well
• Heat oil in a pan or kadai. 
• Make balls off the dough and flatten them into the shapes of vadas.
• Fry till paruppu vadais turn brown.
• Paruppu vadai is ready. Enjoy it......

PICTORIAL :

Take yellow split peas in a bowl

Soak it for 3 hours

It soaked well

Now prepare your ingredients

In a blender add 1 3/4 cup of dal 

Salt

A pinch of asafoetida

Blend into a coarse form

In a bowl add in chopped onions

Ginger and chilli

Then curry leaves

Squeeze them with hands

Now onion mixture is ready

Now add in blended dal mixture

Squeeze well

Add in remaining dal 

And mix well

Make ball of the dough

Heat oil in a pan

Take a ball in a banana leaf

Flatten them into the shape of vadas

Drop in to the oil

Fry till brown

Take away

Place it on the kitchen Towel

Paruppu vadai is ready

Serve

See how crispy is.....

Enjoy...