Green Moong & Cabbage Pakora

Cabbage pakora or badhakopir bada is a quite common in bengali kitchen. Thinly sliced cabbages in gram flour batter with some green chillies in it, shallow fried in oil, goes very well as a side dish with any dal. This time I thought to give it a little twist, So I made it with green moong instead of gram flour and we had them with tea as an afternoon snack. Don't worry, this is not a deep-fried snack, I've shallow fried it and it tasted yumm and totally nutritious. This is how I made it............


Ingredients :
Greem moong dal : 1/2 cup (soaked & boiled)
Cabbage : 1/2 (thinly sliced)
Onion : 1 (chopped)
Ginger-garlic paste : 2 tblsp.
Green chilli : 1-2(chopped)
Red chilli powder : 2 tsp.
Chat masala : 2 tsp.
Cornflour : about 1/3 cup or as needed
Fresh coriander leaves : 1/2 a bunch(chopped)
Salt to taste
Oil : 3 tblsp.

Method :

• Soak green moong dal in hot water for 3-4 hours, then boil it. Then mash the dal with the back of a spatula a bit.
• Heat 2 tblsp. oil in a pan, fry sliced onions until brown. Add ginger-garlic paste, saute for a minute, then add mashed dal. Add red chilli powder, chat masala and salt to taste. Mix everything well. Remove from pan and keep aside. Let it cool for a while.
• In a big bowl, take mashed spiced dal, add sliced cabbages, green chillies, chopped coriander leaves and cornflour to soak the moisture from the dal. Give it a good stir and make a smooth batter.
• Heat rest of the oil in a pan, add 1 tblsp. full of batter in oil and fry them until light brown on one side, then flip to the other side and fry until light brown.

Serve immediately with any chutney(tamarind chutney or green chutney) or just plain ketchup and enjoy every bite of them ........... any one want a bite?
Sending these yummy pakoras to Sunday Snacks : Spill the beans, hosted this month by Priya of Akshayapaatram, event is brainchild of Hima of SnackORama, followed by Pallavi of All Thingz Yummy