Pakoda

Ingredients:

1.      Channa dal 1 cup
2.      Red chili  3 nos
3.      Garlic 1 clove
4.      Green chili  3 nos chopped
5.      Onion 1 small finely chopped
6.      Curry leaves few
7.      Salt to taste
8.      Turmeric powder pinch
9.       Asafotida pinch
10.       Oil for deep frying

Method:

•       Soak channa dal for 2 hours
•       Drain the soaked Channa and grind them along with garlic into coarse paste by sprinkling little water (Grind them a bit more than what you would for dal vada)
•       But for pakoda we have to grind it fully till it feels like semolina paste
•       Now add all the other ingredients except oil and mix them well
•      Heat the oil, keep it in medium heat. Drop the pakoda mixture in tbsps in the hot oil and fry them until the bubbles stops   
•      Serve it hot or we can store it in air tight container for up to 2 days