Saturday, July 7, 2007

Pesara Vadalu with Erragadda Karam

Ingredients:

2 cups of Moong Dal (Pesar pappu, Split green gram)
1 tbspn Urad Dal(Lenthils,Minapappu)
1 tbspn Bengalgram Dal(Senaga pappu,Kadalparuppu,Chena Dal)
3 Green Chilis
1 inch Ginger Piece
2 cups of Chopped Onions
1/4 tspn Cumin Seeds(Jeelakarra,Jeera,Jeeragam)
A pinch of Hing powder(Asafoetida,Inguva,Perumgayam)
Vegetable Oil for frying
6 R 7 sprigs of Coriander leaves
Curry Leaves
Salt to taste.

Method:

1. Soak Moong dal,Urad dal,Chena dal for 3 hours.Grind it with green chillies, ginger and salt (thick batter like vada).
2. Add Chopped onions and chopped coriander leaves.Heat oil in a pan.Take a ball size of batter on a Ziploc cover sheet(r plantain leaf)& make a hole with a wet hand in the middle and drop into hot oil.
3. Fry until brown and serve hot with erragadda karam.

Erragadda Karam:

Ingredients:

2 cups of chopped Onions(Erragadda,ullipaya is called "Onion" in Telugu,Vengayam in Tamil,Pyaaz in Hindi)
3 soaked RedChillies in water for 15 minutes
salt to taste.

Method:

1. Grind onions and red chillies,salt into a paste.Add 1 tspn Ghee before serving.

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