this was our dinner on a weekend when it was raining heavily outside......rain is playing lukka chhippi here in delhi n i saw some of the heaviest rains this season as rain God is quite kanjoos for Delhi otherwise............so whenever our evening tea becomes late , it transforms into a dinner n how it went on that day.......i had soaked a mix of pulses for the pakode and Arvind got late from work n was wet n hungry ......i processed the pulses and made tea while he got fresh and we had a relaxed tea dinner.....
to make these daal ke pakode you need to soak a mix of red lentils , split chick peas or chana daal and mung daal in equal quantity for about two hours.....i used about 2 tbsp of each daal which becomes about 1.5 cup after soaking.
grind the soaked daals with a one inch piece of ginger , 2 garlic cloves and 3 green chillies in a chutny jar of your mixie......to make a course paste....add a tsp of turmeric powder and salt to taste
chop about half cup of curry leaves and a big onion finely and mix with the paste .
grease a MW safe plate and drop spoonfuls of the mixture on it till all the mixture is consumed , you may need to make another batch for this quantity....microwave for 3 minutes on high or till all the pakode are cooked through ( a tooth pick should come out clean when pricked with it)...
meanwhile heat vegetable oil in a kadhai to fry the pakode ....when the microwaving is done, take out the plate and tip in the microwaved pakode immediately into the hot oil.......this allows the pakode to brown quickly into the oil, reducing the frying time tremendously and very less amount of oil is consumed.....( tell me if you found the tip useful).
drain the pakode when browned and serve with hari chutny......every family has their own version of hari chutny or may be many versions according to availability of ingredients.........i made this using mint leaves and pickled green garlic chives ( recipe coming later)....
Sangeeta, love pakoras and tea. Haven't been eating because of my calorie count but that is quite an innovative way to make healthy pakoras. Next time we get rains in Tx I'll try it. megha megha pani de...
ReplyDeleteDelicious dish n cuisine !YAM YAM !!thanks !
ReplyDeleteYum yum yum ... isn't it fun not to cook proper dinner and end up munching fried stuff? The rains are perfect for such a setup. :-)
ReplyDeleteLooks very tasty and delicious dear:)
ReplyDeletethis looks yummy....glad that you liked the rolls :) thanks for visiting.
ReplyDeletevery delicous and a perfect tea time snack...nice click sangeetha
ReplyDeletePerfect for the season.....
ReplyDeleteLooks nice and yummy.
ReplyDeleteAll recepies are yummy........:)
ReplyDeleteTried the pakoras today....delicious!! Thanks for the recipe!!
ReplyDeleteTried the pakoras today...delicious. Thanks for the recipe!
ReplyDeleteThanks Nidhi for trying the recipe and letting me know the results...we love these pakoras too..
ReplyDeletei loved ur recipe....specially the idea of MV it!!Thanks heaps!
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