Jul 18, 2008

MOONGDAL PAKORA &ORANGE,APPLE AND MINT TWIST







1 cup-green moong dal



1 onion-chopped finely



coriander leaves-chopped 1tebsp



a few curry leaves-chopped



2 green chillis



1 inch piece-ginger



1 tesp-cumin seeds



salt to taste



oil for frying



METHOD:-



Soak mooag dal in water for 4-5 hours and grind with 2 green chillis,ginger,cuminseeds in to a coarse paste and add chopped onino ,coriender leaves,chopped curry leaves, salt to taste mix well



Heat oil in a deep frying pan,once it is piping hot reduce flame to medium anddrop a little mixture(about1 tesp) and fry pakoras in to golden colour.



and serve hot with tomato sauce or sweet chuteny and with hot cardomom chai



you can add grated carrot after grinding and do pakora's

ORANGE,APPLE AND MINT TWIST:-

orange juice-1 cup

Apple chopped-1 Apple

Mint leaves-5-6

Sugar or honey-1tebsp

Sparkling water -200ml
ice cubes--8

Blend all above ingredients in a blender and strain and serve chilled

10 comments:

Illatharasi said...

I was wondering, where is this orange, apple and mint twist? ;)

You mean the sauce which you have kept?

You can send your entry to Pakora contest...

Shreya said...

awesome pakodas:-) The combination of apple and orange and mint is grt.. amazing flavor for the drink...

Deepthi Shankar said...

yummy pakora .. have never tried with green moong dal .. looks yummy. orange, apple & mint twist sounds very refreshing ..

Illatharasi said...

Okay got it :)
Looks good.... nice colour!

notyet100 said...

EVERYTHIN LOOKS TASTY ,,.SENDMANGO JUICE FOR SUMMERSPLASH EVENT,..AND PAKODA FOR PAKODA EVENT...NICE COMBO..

Indian Khana said...

Pakora is so tempting and juice looks so nice..gud combo ..

Purva Desai said...

hey really yummy pakoras....
My mom makes moong dal pakoras, you reminded me of her....
and orange, apple and mint juice is really good quenching and tangy drink

ST said...

My mom makes moomg dal pakodas.....Looks tempting.feeling hungry now...Drink sounds very refreshing.......

Rashmi said...

nice drink combination.. never tried with mint.. will try soon..

i also have a tag waiting for u in my blog
http://envittuvirundhusamayal.blogspot.com

Sagari said...

pakoda looks yummmm ,love the drink too