Name: Perugu Garelu
Prep time: 20 min
Total time: 20 min
Ingredients: 1/2 kg White dal (Minapa pappu); 1 litre Curd/Yoghurt; 1 tsp Mustard seeds; 2 nos Red chillies (Kollamulaku); Asafoetida (A pinch, Kayam); Salt (As reqd); 1 kg Oil; Curry leaves (A few)

Perugu Garelu

Vadas in yoghurt

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Prep Time 20

Total Time 20

Cuisine Andhra

Servings people

Ingredients

1/2 kg White dal Minapa pappu
1 litre Curd/Yoghurt
1 tsp Mustard seeds
2 nos Red chillies Kollamulaku
Asafoetida A pinch, Kayam
Salt As reqd
1 kg Oil
Curry leaves A few

Instructions

Take yoghurt in a bowl.
Add salt and mix well.
Season it with 1 tsp of oil, red chillies, asafoetida and curry leaves.
Crush the mustard seeds into coarse powder and mix it too with the yoghurt.
Wash the dal and soak it for 2 1/2 hours.
Then grind it like a thick paste by using little water.
Heat oil in a wok.
Take enough dough for about 5 to 6 vadas in a bowl and add enough salt.
Take the dough and make them into big lemon sized balls and place them on a plastic paper.
By using little water, flatten them and put a hole on them with finger.
Then slowly place them into the oil and fry them till golden brown.
:- You can make upto 5 to 6 vadas at a time.
Finally, slip in these vadas into yoghurt and allow them to soak for 2 hours.