Method with step by step pictures :
First let’s make the urad dal bonda. This is similar to our Mysore Bonda recipe. Soak 3/4 cup urad dal in water for an hour.Drain the water and grind this into a smooth paste as how we make for ulundu vadai. Just sprinkle little water while grinding the urad dal. The batter should be fluffy and smooth.
Add 1 tsp black pepper, 2 tblsp coconut bits, salt as needed and curry leaves to the batter.Mix well.
Heat oil in a pan for deep frying.Take small portions of the batter and make them as bondas. Deep fry them in medium flame.Cook on both sides till golden brown.
Take them out from oil and drain excess oil in kitchen towel. Repeat this for the rest of the batter. In a sauce pan heat water and when it is very hot, switch off the flame.Put the fried bondas into this. This will make the bondas soft and allow them to absorb the soup much easier.Let this sit for 20 minutes.
Let’s make the soup now. It is similar to the South Indian Lemon rasam, the karnataka people call as Kat saaru. I personally loved the moong dal soup.Cook 1/2 cup of yellow moong dal in a pressure cooker by adding 1/2 tsp turmeric powder and a pinch of asafoetida. Add necessary water.Pressure cook for 4-5 whistles.
Once done take out and mash this with a ladle.Add this to a pan and add 3 cups of water.Chop 1 tomato finely and slit 2 green chilies. Add the chopped tomato, green chili, 1 tsp grated ginger, 1 tsp jaggery and curry leaves to the moong dal.
Add salt.Let this boil in medium flame for 10- 12 minutes.Stir in between. Switch off the flame.Add 1 tblsp grated coconut.
Add the lemon juice and finely chopped coriander leaves.
Actually my friend told me to temper the asafoetida in ghee and add, but i forgot that part. I added asafoetida while the dal mixture is boiling.You can temper few pinches of asafoetida in 1 tsp ghee and add it on the top of the moong dal soup mixture.Gently squeeze the bondas from water. Be careful not to break this. Place this on a serving bowl.Pour hot moong soup over the top.
Let the bondas get nicely immersed in this moong dal soup. Serve immediately, garnish with coriander leaves while serving.
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