Lentil fritters (Moong dal bhajia)

Lentil fritter (moong dal bhajia) is a famous street food of Mumbai. It is served along with green chutney and fried green chillies. It is soft inside and crispy outside. The consistency of the green gram batter used for making it decides its texture. The fritters would turn out hard it the batter is thick. However, a thin batter made of green gram is difficult to handle and would require some binding agents like mashed potatoes. To avoid this, I have added husked black gram to the batter. This results in soft fritters and also helps in easy handling.

Ingredients:
Husked green gram (moong dal)  -2cups
Husked black gram (urad dal) -1cup
Finely chopped onions - 1/2 cup
Green chillies -3
Ginger -1/2 inch
Curry leaves - few
Chopped coriander leaves -4tsps
Salt and oil - As required

Method:
Soak the two lentils separately in water for 6 hours. Drain the water and grind the lentils coarsely along with salt, green chillies, ginger and curry leaves. Combine the chopped onions and coriander leaves. Divide the batter and make small balls out of it. Deep fry them in small batches over medium heat until crispy and brown.  Serve it along with red chutney.