Moong Dal Pakora Recipe
Moong Dal Pakora is a classic Indian snack made with soaked and ground yellow moong dal, spices, and herbs. Crispy on the outside and soft inside, these pakoras are lighter than besan pakoras and perfect for tea time, monsoon evenings, or festive snacks.
Ingredients
- Main Ingredients
- 1 cup yellow moong dal without the skin, split
- 1 small onion finely cut- optional
- 12 grains of green chili chopped
- 1 tbsp ginger grated
- 2 tbsp leaves of coriander chopped
- Spices
- ½ tbsp cumin seeds
- ½ tbsp red chili powder
- ½ tbsp turmeric powder
- ½ tbsp garam masala
- Salt to taste
- Other
- Water to turn the grinding wheels
- Oil for deep frying
Instructions
- In order to be fluffy, moong dal must be soaked overnight or four to five hours.
- Strain all the water of the moistened dal and rough it with a little water and remember the batter should not be thin.
- Put the ground dal in a bowl and then put in it, the chopped onion, coriander leaves, ginger, turmeric powder, cumin seeds, garam masala, red chili powder and salt. A better mix can be made with the help of a spoon or hand.
- Heat a kadai or pan on medium heat and add some olive oil in it, when the oil comes out slowly and steadily, in drops, it is prepared in order to test the oil.
- Take small pieces of batter and drop them to deep oil. Bake in batches and do not crowd on the pan.
- Pakoras can be cooked in medium heat though one should keep on turning the pakoras to make sure they become golden brown and crunchy all around.
- Take a slotted spoon and take the pakoras out and dry them on paper towels.
