punugulu / punukkulu is a common street food in the coastal regions of Andhra Pradesh and served with peanut chutney or coconut chutney.These can also be prepared with left over idli/dosa batter by adding all purpose flour/maida,soda,onion,chillies to it with out fermentation.
Ingredients:
- Urad Dal-1 cup(soaked for 5 hours)
- Maida/all purpose flour-2 cups
- Onion(chopped into pieces)-1
- Green chillies-2
- Chopped ginger(optional)-1 tsp
- Curry leaves-1 spring
- Coriander(chopped)-1 cup
- Salt-to taste
- Cooking soda(if required)-2 pinches
- Oil-to deep fry
How to prepare:
- Grind soaked urad dal into a smooth paste.
- Take maida and urad dal mixture,salt,soda into a bowl and mix well.Ferment this dough for over night.
- Now to the fermented dough add onions,chillies,chopped gingger,curry leaves,coriander and mix well.
- Heat oil in a pan, take small ball of dough with wet hand and then drop into the oil.
- Fry on a medium flame, until punugulu turns to golden brown.
- Serve hot with coconut chutney.