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Kerala Paruppu Vada / Chana Dal Fritters tops in the list of Kerala snacks. If you ask any local guy in Kerala, ‘What would you like to have with chai’? no other answer but Paruppa Vada. Of course, Pazham Puri also has its own place, but it only appears if Vada is not in the option.
Paruppa Vada as known in Kerala is traditionally made mainly using chana dal and other spices. But, you might find, few making with pigeon peas too. Let that be anything, but the recipe remains the same.
Try this spicy, crispy outside and soft inside vada, hot from the stove and I bet, you won’t stop yourself with just 3 or 4. So, make it for a coming weekend and enjoy with a hot cup of tea. And please let me know how it came out for you.
Recipe Tips & Tricks:
1. No time to soak for 3-4 hrs. Then soak the bengal gram in hot water. Will get it soaked within half an hour.
Paruppa Vada Kerala Style
Prep Time : 3 hours
Cook Time : 20 minutes
Servings : 16 vadas
Ingredients:
1 cup Chana dal split bengal gram
2 nos Green chillies finely chopped
2 tsp / 2” inches Ginger finely chopped
1 tsp Fennel seeds
4 nos Dry red chilly
1 cup Onion finely chopped
Handful Coriander leaves
12 – 15 Curry leaves
1/4 tsp Asafetida Hing
1/2 tsp turmeric powder
1 tsp Salt
Oil for deep frying
How to make Paruppa vada with step by step photos:
- Wash once and soak chana dal for 3-4 hrs.
- After soaking, drain the water completely in which the dal was soak.
- Take out 1/3 cup of the Chana dal. Keep it separately.
- Transfer the remaining amount of soaked chana dal, dry red chillies, ginger, fennel seeds, green chillies, turmeric, salt and hing to a mixie jar. Grind it to a coarse paste without adding any water.
- Take out the ground mixture into a mixing bowl. Add 1/3 cup of Chana dal, which we kept aside.
- Add along chopped curry leaves, coriander leaves and chopped onion.
- Mix everything well. Divide it into 16 equal balls.
- Heat oil in a kadai. Once the oil is hot, take one ball and flatten it.
- Drop it in hot oil. You can add 3- 4 vadas in a batch.
- Let it cook on low flame till it turns dark golden brown. One batch will take 7-8 minutes to cook.
