MOONG DAL BANANA FRITTERS

The Navratri festival is going on and I am bored of making the usual Sundals with brown chana, karamani etc.  Since I wanted to make something different, I tried sabudana sundal and moong and banana fritters.

The Moong and banana fritters can be served as an evening snack along with a cup of hot coffee or tea also.  As I was cutting the banana for making mezhukupuratti out of it, this idea struck me and immediately I soaked some moongdal  and tried this and it was awesome.

Let us look at the recipe now:

Ingredients:

¼ cup	Moongdal
1/3 pc	Banana finely chopped
1 sprig	Curry leaves
1 tbsp	Coriander leaves chopped
1	Green chilli
1	Red chilli
Pinch of	Asafetida
	Salt
	Oil for frying
1 tsp	Coconut bits

Method:

Step 1

Wash and soak the moongdal for 15 minutes.  Chop 1/3 of the raw banana into small pieces and put in salt and turmeric water.  This is done to remove the stains from the banana.

Step 2

Wash the banana properly and  set aside.  Grind the moong dal along with red, green chilli and half the curry leaves to a coarse batter. Add banana, salt,  hing powder, coconut bits, remaining curry leaves chopped, coriander leaves and mix well.  If you want can add ½ tsp rice flour also for binding.  ( I did not use)

Step 3

Make small  balls out of it (around 11 balls I made).  Heat oil and deep fry the same till golden brown.   Your moong banana fritters are ready.

How to serve:

Serve hot with chutney, sauce etc. along with a cup of tea/coffee.

This can be used for neivedyam also during Navratri.
  
Note:  Normal days, you can add onion if you wish.