Parippuvada is a traditional evening snack in Kerala. Parippuvada is prepared from Toor Dal/ Chana dal. This dish is a mouth watering evening snack along with tea and a small banana. Here is the recipe to make our mouth watering snack at our own kitchen. Let's start!
Ingredients:
Chana dal / Toor dal/
thuvaraparippu - 1 cup
Ginger - 1 inch piece (finely chopped)
Shallots/ small onion - 10-15 numbers (finely chopped)
Green chillies - 2 - 3 numbers (as per spice requirements, finely chopped)
Curry leaves - 1 Sprig
Fennel seeds / perumjeerakam - 1/4 teaspoon
Salt to taste
Oil to fry, preferably coconut oil
Preparation:
> Wash and soak chana dal/ toor dal/ thuvaraparippu for 2 - 3 hours.
> Drain the water completely
> Grind / crush the soaked and drained dal ' thuvaraparippu to a coarse paste without adding water. Don't make a fine paste.
> Add chopped ginger, shallots, curry leaves, fennel seeds, green chillies and salt and mix well
> Wet your hand and roll out small portions of the mixture and flatten each ball in your palm.
> Heat oil in a pan for deep frying and fry the vada till it becomes golden brown color or if you like extra crispy vada, then fry till it become dark brown color.
> Drain excess oil on a tissue paper, serve hot
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