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| Delicious Cilantro Fritters nested in aromatic Cilantro leaves |
These are some yummy fritters I tried recently on one evening. They are instant (no grinding as I used canned chickpeas) and are ready in minutes. And the good thing is they aren’t deep-fried. Inspired by
them,
her and
her I made these using the appam pan and it was a success. It took very little oil and turned out perfectly yummy.
An Update: I used canned chickpeas for my recipe. If you wish to use dry chickpeas (garbanzo beans) soak them overnight before grinding. No need to boil or cook them!
Ingredients:
- A bunch of Cilantro Leaves (Kottimeera)
- 1 can of Chickpeas, drained and washed
- 3 or 4 green Chilies
- Some Oil
- Salt
Note: Chickpeas can be replaced with chana dal (Bengal Gram, Pachi Senaga pappu) soaked for at least 6 hours.
Preparation:
- Grind cilantro + chickpeas + green chilies together into a thick paste adding
very little water. Don’t worry if it gets too watery. Add little rice
flour to the batter to make it thick. Adjust salt.
- Heat
the appam pan and pour 1 tsp of oil in each groove. When the oil is
hot, carefully drop spoonful of the batter (or just shape batches of
batter into small patties and drop by hand) in each groove. Keep the
flame on medium-low.
- After some
time, when they turn golden brown on one side, carefully flip them to
fry on the other side. Use a skewer (I used bamboo skewer) or a fork to
flip the fritters.
- When both sides turn golden brown, transfer them to a paper towel to remove any excess oil.
- Enjoy these delicious, crunchy fritters with ketchup or any other desired chutney.
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58 comments:
Vada's made healthy!!! they look soo good Uma. I have to try appam pan now..have been reading a lot about it
wow.. NIce & healthy Vada Uma.. looks perfect...
Healthy vadais looks yummy!
Looks great and tasty uma:)
looks grt n tasty uma....
These vadais look fantastic and go into my must try recipe folder :-)
looks yummy....nice one
Healthy green fritters! Nice presentation Uma!
healthy , yummy!!
Healthy Vada, the color looks great should make a wonderful snack...
I love the pictures, looks so beautiful and delicious.
Love the cilantro fritters Uma. Hope u had a nice weekend!
Oh wow health bhi...taste bhi....
Sounds good and easy..Would be great as a tea time snack..
the minute i saw not deep fried and fritters, i hit the bookmark button! lovely recipe Uma! they reminded me of falafel for a second :)
Nice color, they look so yummy :)
Healthy and yummy vadas Uma..Nice presentation..
Not deep frying sounds good! Love cilantro with anything.. bookmarking!
These are healthy and delicious fritters.....nice click
wow.. yummy snack. looks very good. don't u have to boil the chickpea?
Healthy and looks delicious Uma :) Perfect snack!
Making the fritters in a appam pan is a cool idea..Looks yummy!!nice click!!
wow uma perfect for the event,that to not deep fried great job yum yum
Looks beautiful sitting on the leaves! :)
gorgeous vada uma..looks so nice..want to have it right away..iam drooling all over it..:)
U made a beautiful nest with those vadas , yummy Uma.
Fantastic...No other words.Keep it up
Healthy vadas.. Healthy and delicious..
Thats a cute presentation Uma... And the vadas look sooo yummy! No deep-frying? Still better then!! :D
Looks great in the cilantro bed, Uma! Pan fried fritters- can't gt better
@Mahimaa, I used canned chickpeas so no need to boil or soak them again. If dry chickpeas are used they should be soaked overnight before grinding, but no need to boil them. I added the update in my post. :)
wow, this is so simple an nice fat free snap Uma!! Great entry !!
Thank you Uma for the wonderful entry. I love the first pic. Looks delicious. I will update when I post the roundup.
these are sooo awesome :)
healthy and delicious!
Looks like falafel with cilantro! And lovely green pictures . They look like eggs in a birds nest!
Yummy colours and perfect uma..! Do check my blog for FIL season 2 details..!
Healthy way to eat vada.I bet the vada might have tasted great with all those ingredients.
I have heard a lot about the usage of appam pan for making vadas. seems like it is time to try soon.
coming to the vada, they look soo healthy..
good job Uma
Nice evening snack. looks yummy.
yummy vadas uma...plz send me a batch..
Nice entry for JFI, Uma. Looks so crunchy
Wow, coriander and chana, cant go wrong with tht, and you even made them non-deep fry..Great recipe Uma!
Healthy vada...wow...cilantro & chana can't go wrong with that..lovely recipe, Uma
Healthy snack. Sounds simple with less ingredients. sure to try.
looks so yummy nd healthy...
These look really yummy Uma!
Sounds simple and delicious Uma....Love the idea using aapam pan...Good one.
yummy and healthy fritters..will try for sure!
Kottimeera vada sounds so unique and nice to me. Must have been aromatic feast, right. I could settle this with nice hot filter coffee!:)
that looks absolutely gorgeous with all the cilantro leaves
I'm always looking for new things to make on this pan - that looks great - lovely idea.
Yummy vadas! Makes me remember falafels... Delicious!
Uma
Very innovative idea, only two days before i deep fried channa dal vada. Wished had checked your blog before.
this is so innovative, love the pictures.
uma, on your qn about mango thokku - it's supposed be taken with rice, but i usually finish it as it is :)
absulately yummy recipe and great idea. good. keep it up.
Love the twist with chickpeas Uma. Very nutritious as well.
Uma tried out with Channa dal and turned out great, have posted in my blog giving your link also.
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