Karnataka Style Bonda Soup - Urad Dal Fritters in Spicy Dal Soup

Name: Karnataka Style Bonda Soup - Urad Dal Fritters in Spicy Dal Soup
Prep time: 150 min
Cook time: 60 min
Total time: 210 min
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 1 cup White Urad Dal (1 cup White Urad Dal (Split) soaked in water for 2 hours); 2 pieces Green Chili (1 Green Chilli chopped + 1 Green Chilli chopped); 1 sprig Curry leaves (1 sprig Curry leaves chopped); 1 tsp Black Pepper (1 teaspoon Black pepper powder); 1 tbsp Coconut (1 tablespoon Fresh coconut grated); 1 tsp Bicarbonate of Soda (1 teaspoon Baking soda); 0 pieces Table Salt (Salt to taste + Salt to taste); ½ cup Yellow Moong Dal (1/2 cup Yellow Moong Dal (Split)); 1 piece Tomato (1 Tomato chopped); 1 piece Ginger (1 inch Ginger chopped); 1 tsp Cumin Seeds (1 teaspoon Cumin seeds (Jeera)); 1 pinch Asafoetida (1 pinch Asafoetida (hing)); 1 tsp Ground Turmeric (1 teaspoon Turmeric powder (Haldi)); 0 pieces Vegetable Oil (Oil); 0 pieces Water (Water as required)

Crispy urad dal fritters served in a spicy, thin soup made from mashed moong dal, tempered with cumin and asafoetida.

210 minIndian

Servings4

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Steps

1To begin making the Karnataka Style Bonda Soup Recipe by soaking the urad dal for 2 hours or you can soak it the previous night and make it in the morning and grind them in a mixer with 1/4 cup water to a smooth paste.
2Now add the remaining ingredients like green chilli, salt, pepper, coconut, curry leaves and soda to it and mix well. Heat a Kuzhi paniyaram Pan and drizzle some oil in each hollow holes.
3Once it is heated add a tablespoon of the batter in each of the hollow holes and cook on either side till it golden brown for about 10 minutes. Keep them aside.
4Now pressure cook the moong dal with water, turmeric and salt for about 4 whistles and release the pressure naturally. Open the lid and mash it well to a creamy texture.
5Heat a sauce pan on a medium heat with some oil, crackle the jeera with hing and then add the ginger, tomato and green chilli. Saute for 2 minutes.
6Then add in the dal with 1 cup water, make it into a very thin consistency. Add in salt, pepper and coriander leaves. Leave it to boil for 10 minutes and turn it off.
7Now to serve add in the urad dal bonda in a cup and pour in the soup and serve.
8Serve the Karnataka Style Bonda Soup Recipe as one pot Breakfast meal in the morning with a cup of Tea.