Pesara punugulu

Ingredients:

• Green gram (Moong Dal)   1 cup
• Green chillies           6
• Cumin seeds              1 tsp
• Ginger                   small piece
• Curry leaves             Finely chopped
• Cilantro                 Finely chopped
• Pepper crushed           1tsp
• Oil for frying
• Salt to taste

Preparation:

1. Soak moong dal for 3 to 4 hours. Once soaked, clean dal by removing little skin of the dal. Do not wash the skin of moong dal completely as it contains nutrients.
2. Chop ginger into pieces, grind the dal and ginger to make a fine paste.
3. Now add salt, finely chopped chillies,cilantro,curryleaves,cumin to the above and mix them well.
4. Preheat the oil for frying in a frying pan.
5. Now drop small ball size dough to the oil and fry them on medium heat. Maintain a proper heat not too high or too low while frying punugulu.
6. Fry punugulu till they are golden brown in colour and drain the oil and serve them hot as an evening snack.