Toor Dal Kofta with Step by Step Pictures. This is a delicious snack made using toor dal. The spices and legumes added in this makes it healthy and tasty.
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Toor Dal Kofta |
This is a different type of vada preparation, Usually they make vada with chana dal. But I tried with toor dal and it came out great. Adding of baking powder make this more soft and crispy. Please try this and let me know what you think.
How to Make Dal Kofta
- Heat oil for deep frying.
- Make a coarse paste out of the soaked dal and tip this in a bowl.
- Add all ingredients except oil and flours in a blender and roughly crush it.Put this in the Ground dal and mix well.
- Add rice flour and besan and mix well.Make small koftas out of it and fry them in medium heat oil.
- Serve hot with ketchup or chutney.
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Dal Kofta Recipe | Toor Dal Kofta Recipe
Ingredients
- Toor Dal-1 cup soaked for 4 hours
- Onion-1 chopped
- Green chilli-3 chopped
- Garlic-6 cloves
- Curry leaves-a handful
- Coriander leaves-a handful
- Cinnamon pattai-1 inch piece
- Saunf sombu-1 tblpsn
- Cumin seeds jeera-1 tsp
- Rice flour Arisi mavu- ½ cup
- Besan kadalai mavu- ½ cup
- Baking powder-2 tsp
- Salt to taste
- Oil for deep frying
Instructions
- Heat oil for deep frying.
- Make a coarse paste out of the soaked dal and tip this in a bowl.
- Add all ingrediants except oil and flours in a blender and roughly crush it.Put this in the Ground dal and mix well.
- Add rice flour and besan and mix well.Make small koftas out of it and fry them in medium heat oil.
- Serve hot with ketchup or chutney.
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Dal Kofta Step by Step
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yummylittlecooks
This looks similar with Malaysian vadai...I don't how to make it, but I love it....always buy it from Indian restaurant or night market..Your's got lots of ingredients.
Suma Gandlur
Those look so delicious, Arathi. Thanks for sending them over to my event.
Priya (Yallapantula) Mitharwal
wow, that is definitely new, but looks absolutely superb. I know what kind of vada, I am making next 🙂
Federica
devono essere buonissime!!!ciao!
Kahveci
this is just for my taste !! good job ! 😀
sowmya's creative saga
nice unique recipe with tuvar dal.looks crispy and delicious..
Vimitha Anand
Koftas look so crunchy and yum... Nice for tea time...
Chitra
looks so crispy..and a new recipe too .thanks for sharing
sonu
wow ..such an innovative recipe..looks very crisp and delish..bookmarked !
Food Glorious Food!
I so need this for tea! Great snack! Need to make them soon!
Nithya
Yummy balls 🙂
Gayatri
Good Recipe........ perfect for an evening snack.