Chettinad Podalangai Vadai Recipe (Chettinad Style Snake Gourd Fritters)
A delicious chettinad recipe featuring chettinad podalangai vadai recipe (chettinad style snake gourd fritters). Perfect for a nutritious meal that's both flavorful and satisfying.
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Step 1: To begin making the Chettinad Podalangai Vadai (Chettinad Style Snake Gourd Fritters) recipe, wash and soak the channa and moong dals along with dried red chillies for 2 hours
Step 2: Now, coarsely grind the soaked dals and dried red chillies using a mixer grinder and keep aside
Step 3: Make sure you do not add any water, as the snake gourd will keep releasing water into the batter
Step 4: Add the chopped snake gourd's in a small bowl, sprinkle some salt over it and let is sit for 10 minutes
Step 5: This will help remove any excess water from the vegetable
Step 6: In the mean, heat a small tadka pan and dry roast the fennel seeds, cinnamon and cloves
Step 7: Grind this along with ginger to a fine paste in a mixer using little water and keep aside
Step 8: Take a big bowl, add the coarsely ground chana and moong dal mix, snake gourd with water completely squeezed out, ginger and spice paste, finely chopped green chillies, coriander and curry leaves
Step 9: Season with salt and mix well
Step 10: Heat enough oil for frying in a frying pan on medium heat, when the oil is well heated, make small vadai's and slowly drop it into the oil
Step 11: Let it cook on one side for 3 minutes and until it turns slightly golden brown
Step 12: Once the vadai's are cooked on one side, flip it over and let it cook on the other side for another 3 minutes
Step 13: Remove from oil and let it drain in a kitchen paper
Step 14: Serve this Chettinad Podalangai Vadai (Chettinad Style Snake Gourd Fritters) Recipe during Navratri or include it as a condiment while making a Chettinad themed elaborate weekend brunch