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Mung Dal Fritters โ Baked Moong Dal Pakoda. Petite yellow lentils (split and skinned mung beans) soaked and blended to a batter to make pakoda/Bhajji with onions and greens. Use red lentils or chickpea flour for variation. Vegan Gluten-free Recipe
These easy fritters use moong dal / Mung dal which are split and skinned green moong beans. Moong Dal is often used to make dishes where chickpea flour is used, such as pancakes, fritters /pakora etc. ย Moong Dal is often called petite yellow lentils in grocery stores like whole foods. See Dal names and photos here. Mung Dal makes soft nutty fritters. Add just onions and greens or add shredded veggies of choice to this versatile batter. You can use red lentils (split red lentils) to make these fritters as well. Red lentil batter does not hold its shape as well.ย
There are many kinds of pakoda/ pakora/bhajji/fritters in Indian cuisine. Some use besan(gram flour), chickpea flour, other bean or pea flour, some others use soaked moong dal or urad dal to make the batter. Some are simple spiced with cumin, mustard or carom seeds, some use have a tempering with curry leaves, and some others use spice blends.ย Most are deep fried.ย
Make these moong dal pakoda forย a changeย from chickpea flour fritters. Serve with Mint Cilantro Chutney or other chutneys of choice or withย Kadhi (spiced yogurt sauce). You can also use the batter to make thin pancakes like chickpea flour pancakes and serve for snack or breakfast. Let me know in the comments how they turned out!
More Indian Snacks from the blog
- Baked Masala Vada with split peas and lentils.ย GF
- Baked Popcorn Okra
- Samosa Pinwheels.ย
- Baked Mung Dal Samosas
- Baked potato rice crackers โ gluten-free
- Baked Maida Papdi โ Cumin seed Crackers
Crunchy on the outside and soft inside.ย
Mung Dal Fritters - Baked Moong Dal Pakoda
Ingredientsย ย
- 1 cup moong dal, petite yellow lentils
- 1 inch knob of ginger
- 1 hot green chili , or cayenne to taste 1/4 tsp
- 1/2 to 1 tsp garam masala, or curry powder
- 1/2 tsp turmeric
- 3/4 to 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 2 tsp oil
- 1/3 cup or more water
- 1/2 cup finely chopped cilantro, loosely packed
- 1 1/2 cup lightly packed finely chopped spinach , or rainbow chard loosely packed
- 3/4 cup finely chopped red onion, heaped
- 3 cloves garlic , minced
Instructionsย
- Soak the Mung dal in hot water for 15 minutes or 1 hour. Longer works best. Drain and add to blender. Add ginger, chili, garam masala, turmeric, salt, baking powder, oil and 1/4 cup water. Blend to a smooth thick batter. Add more water if needed. Keep the batter thick so it can hold its shape while baking. Thinner batter tends to flatten.
- Pre-heat the oven to 425 degrees F / 220ยบc.
- Add the chopped cilantro, greens, onion and garlic and fold in. Using a Tablespoon or ice cream scoop, drop spoonfuls of the batter on parchment lined baking sheet.
- Lightly spray oil on top. Bake for 17 to 19 minutes until golden on the edges.
- Add sprinkle of chaat masala on the fritters (optional). Serve with chutneys Mint Cilantro Chutneyย or tomato chutneyย or ketchup or add to kadhi (non dairy yogurt sauce) or curry.
Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Thanks For Sharing this Amazing Recipe. My Family Loved It. I will be sharing this Recipe with my Friends. Hope They will like it.
good to hear โ I think they will
Delicious! How do you store them?
You can put them in a container in the fridge! ๐
Cook you use cooked sprouted Ming beans in place of the yellow lentils?
yes, that will work fine. ensure that the batter ends up thick.
No those wonโt work.
In the chickpea flour option does the baking powder have to be used?
Hi Neelima, yes you will need to include the baking powder.
Finally got around to making these fritters. As with all of your recipes, it is super easy, very easy to prepare, and absolutely delicious! We made some jalapeรฑo mango chutney to go with them.
Made your other pakoras multiple times and they turned out GREAT!
Can I use mung chilka daal vs mung daal?
Thank you,
Preeti
Yes,the color will bedarker
Thank you! And one other question, if I want to double the yield of the recipe to something like 32-36 pakoras, do I just double each item? Or do you have any recommendations of how to think about this?
yes double everything except water. Add only 1.5 times and add moreonly if needd.You want a thick batter,so use less water to begin with
This looks like an interesting recipe. I donโt care for the taste of spinach. Would these still turn out okay if I omit the ingredient?
yes, add some herbs or cilantro
Hey, new to this whole thing but Iโm a student and we donโt have a blender or food processor in our uni house. Is there a way to make the batter without the use of those appliances?
Thank you
try my other pakoras with chickpea flour then. Chop the veggies with knife and add flour https://fettabbau-trim.today/2016/02/mixed-vegetable-pakora.html%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E
I made these over the weekend as a snack to bring camping. They are so delicious, and so easy! I used a 1/4 cup scoop for bigger fritters. I also made the cilantro mint chutney as you suggested โ also amazing! I want to put it on everything! Initially I found the chutney to be a bit too thin (Iโm wondering if it would have been better to use the food processor) so I added quite a bit more cilantro (probably an entire bunch), some spinach, and yogurt. It was the perfect snack to have on the road and in our camper!
awesome! yes use a processor and use more of the cilantro etc
thanks again