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Healthy lentils and vegetable pakode

About the Recipe

Try making these crispy and tasty mixed Vegetable pakoras with this simple recipe. These veg pakoras have a crispy, crunchy exterior with a soft interior. It is tasty and nutritious at the same time. Keep them hot for longer and pack them using Oddy Uniwraps.

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Ingredients

 

  • Split green gram dal
  • Lobia or black-eyed peas & Moth ki Dal
  • Oddy Uniwraps & Grated ginger
  • Fennel seeds- 1-1.5 tsp
  • Raw coriander seeds- 1-1.5 tsp
  • Hing or asafoetida - A pinch
  • 2 green chillies & cloves- 4
  • Black pepper seeds- 15-20
  • Red chilly powder- 1 tsp
  • Salt as per taste
  • Aamchur powder- little more than half tsp
  • Freshly chopped spinach leaves
  • Fresh coriander leaves
  • Refined oil/ghee for frying

Directions

 

  • Keep the lentils soaked for at least 2 hours or overnight if possible. Crush these lentils with bare hands and separate them from the peels.
  • Collect the peels and lentils separately. Mix the lentils well and then grind them in a mixer. Keep 2 spoons of lentils aside.
  • Add some water in between while blending the lentils and make it a coarse paste.
  • Take out the blend and keep it in a big container. Whisk it well for about 6-7 minutes. Add some grated ginger and fennel seeds into this. 
  • Then put in the coriander seeds, asafoetida and sliced green chillies. Now grind the black pepper seeds and cloves together. Then add this to the prepared mixture. 
  • Now put in 1 spoon of red chilly powder, salt as per taste and aamchur powder. Mix all of this well.
  • To make it more nutritious, we will now add some freshly chopped spinach leaves and coriander leaves as well.
  • Now put in those 2 spoons of lentils we had kept aside along with freshly chopped spinach and coriander leaves.
  • Heat up refined oil/ghee in a kadai and then drop spoonfuls of batter in the oil.
  • Your delicious mouth-watering healthy veggie pakodas are ready to serve. Pack them in Oddy Uniwraps and keep them hot for longer.

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Meenu Gupta Kitchen is an Indian Food Channel that showcases the best Indian vegetarian recipes that can be cooked with ingredients easily available at home.

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