How To Make Pesara Punukulu

Punukulu or punugulu is a very popular snack item of Andhra Pradesh relished along with a hot cup of evening tea or coffee by the Telugu people after a tiresome day's work. This is a popular street food in the coastal Andhra Pradesh. These crispy fritters are mostly made with leftover idli or dosa batter by adding few spices like chopped onions, green chillies etc.

Pesara punukulu or the green gram fritters are quite healthy and tasty as well. This snack item hardly takes much preparation time and is also easy to prepare.

Ingredients

Pottu pesara pappu / split green gram / moong daal with the green skin - 1 cup
little crushed cumin seeds (jeera)
little crushed pepper seeds
little chopped ginger
half cup diced onion
chopped cilantro / coriander leaves
chopped curry leaves
chopped green chillies
salt to taste
vegetable oil for deep frying

Preparation

Wash the split green gram with clean water and soak it for at least 5 - 6 hours. So if you want to have an evening snack item, you need to soak the dal at around 11 a.m or 12 noon.
After 5-6 hours of soaking, drain off the water and grind it into a batter (like vada batter) with little water.
Add all the above mentioned ingredients and blend the batter well.
Now heat oil in a pan, make small balls or pakoras of this batter and deep fry these.
Hot pesara punukula can be savored with sauce or ginger chutney / allam pachchadi as an evening snack.

Related Topics:
1. Allam pachadi recipe
2. Snacks with leftover pesarattu batter.

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