Kabuli Chana Vada / Chickpea fritters recipe / Garbanzo beans fritters

"Kabuli Chana or Garbanzo beans Vada" simple yet soft from inside and crunchy from outside. It looks similar to Falafel. These Vadas goes well with any kind of chutney and sauce, can also be stuffed in sandwiches, wrap or can also have it as a burger.



Ingredients:
1 cup Kabuli / white chana or Garbanzo beans.
1 small Onion chopped finely
2-3 Green Chillies
1 inch Ginger
1/4 cup Coriander leaves finely chopped
2 -3 tblsp of Rice flour
1/2 tsp Red Chilli powder
1/4 tsp Fennel seed sightly crushed
Pinch of Asafoetida
few Curry leaves
Salt as required
Oil for frying

Method:

• Take Kabuli chana in a bowl, rinse it and soak it in enough water for 7-8 hours or overnight.
• After 7-8 hours of soaking, drain out all the water and grind soaked Chana, ginger, green chilli, curry leaves and salt to coarse paste.
• Remove the mixture in a bowl and to it add finely chopped onions, red chillli powder, asafoetida, crushed fennel seeds,chopped coriander leaves and rice flour and mix everything very well. Check for salt.
• Do not add any water. Rice flour helps in binding, so can be adjusted.
• Take a kadai or deep pan, add oil on medium flame, shape the mixture into small balls and flatten it slightly from top.
• Slide it into the oil and turn it over with slotted spoon one's the side changes it's color to golden brown.
• Fry the fritters till both side are golden color and crispy.
• Drain the vada onto a kitchen towel.
• Serve it hot with Chutney or Ketchup

Notes:

1. If you have added water while grinding then you won't be able to shape the vadas in that case add little more rice flour.