Winters, Moongdal Pakodas, and tea….nothing can beat this combo. But there is one thing which is as good as this –the same Pakodas with gravy. It is very easy to prepare.
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Ingredients:
• Yellow split gram (moong dal): 1 cup
• Onion: 1
• Ginger (grated): 1 small piece
• Green chili (chopped): 1
• Clove: 2
• Black cardamom: 1
• Black pepper: 2
• Asafetida: ½ teaspoon
• Cumin: ½ teaspoon
• Red chili powder: ½ tablespoon
• Coriander powder: ½ tablespoon
• Salt: According to taste
• Turmeric: ½ tablespoon
• Edible oil: for deep frying
• Coriander leaves (finely chopped): 1 cup
Method:
• Soak the lentil in water for five hours. Then grind it in the mixer.
• Separating all the lentil in small lumps, deep fry them in the oil, making small fritters of dal. Keep them separately.
• Now grind onion, ginger, green chili, clove, black cardamom, and black pepper together, making a paste.
• Heat oil in a pan and fry cumin and asafetida in it.
• Now fry the prepared paste in it.
• When it is fried properly, add two cups of water and let it boil.
• When the gravy becomes thick, add the previously prepared fritters to it and garnish with the coriander leaves.