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Parippuvada: Lentil frit

Parippuvada, pigeon pea dal fritters

Snacks

Crispy fritters made with black-eyed peas, onion, ginger, and curry leaves: a traditional Keralan snack, best served warm with tea.

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Recipe from Kunjans, Plutus, adapted by Recette de cuisine ·

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Parippuvada is a traditional sweet from Kerala, often enjoyed with coffee or tea in the afternoon. The dough is made from coarsely ground lentils.

Ingredients and directions

  • Prep time20 min
  • Cook time15 min
  • Resting3 hr
  • Total3 hr 35 min
  • DifficultyEasy
  • Cooking methodFrying
  • Vegetarian
  • Vegan

Ingredients

4 people
  • $0.83
  • $0.17

Directions

  1. Soak the toor dal in water for 3 to 4 hours.
  2. Drain the lentils and coarsely grind them: the mixture should still contain some whole lentils. ≈ 2 min
  3. Add the onions, ginger, chopped chili pepper, curry leaves, salt, and asafoetida, then knead the mixture. ≈ 10 min
  4. Form small balls, flatten them in the palm of your hand, and then fry them in hot oil.

Equipment

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Before you start

Ingredients

  • 200 g of toor dal (de-husked black beans, 1 cup)
  • 4 small shallots, finely chopped
  • 1 dried red chili pepper, cut into pieces
  • 1 small piece of ginger, finely chopped
  • 1 bunch of curry leaves, chopped
  • A pinch of asa-foetida
  • salt, to taste
  • oil, for deep frying

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