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Pesara Punukulu – Moong Dal Fritters

Both Satish and I like to snack on some tasty nibbles with our evening tea and one tea-time snack I prepare once in a while, are green moong dal fritters – full of earthy goodness, simple with few ingredients, flavorful and ones which Nehal also relishes. It hardly takes any effort to prepare them – to savor these fritters at tea time, remember to soak the moong dal atleast 5-6 hours before tea-time.

Best eaten hot, off the skillet, when the crust is crisp. When eaten cold, its sort of chewy but pleasantly livens up our palate with a hot cuppa chai.

Pesara Punukulu – Moong Dal Fritters

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 Ingredients

  •   1 cup pesalu, green moong dal (soaked in water for 5 6 hrs)
  •   1 onion finely chopped (optional)
  •   3 4 green chillis (adjust according to your spice level)
  •   1" ginger
  •   2 flakes garlic, crushed (optional)
  •   1 tsp cumin seeds
  •   1 small bunch coriander leaves finely chopped
  •   salt to taste
  •   oil for deep frying

Method for making Pesara Punukulu – Moong Dal Fritters

  1. Grind the soaked and drained moong dal, green chillis, ginger and salt to a paste. There is no need to add water while grinding. Remove onto a dish and add the chopped onions, coriander leaves, cumin seeds and mix well.

  2. Heat oil in a deep frying vessel. Once its piping hot, reduce flame to medium and drop a little mixture (about a tbsp) and fry the fritters to a golden brown color. Deep fry a batch of 8-10 punukulu depending on the size of the vessel.

  3. Serve hot over a cup of masala chai.

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