One of the easiest and quick to make evening snack is the "Moong dal pakoda".
This snack is very popular in Delhi and Uttar Pradesh, and normally served with Mint n Coriander chutney.
The memories of this snack for me date back to my childhood, when we lived in Uttar Pradesh for 3 yrs, and most days in winter our evening snack were these fritters prepared by my Mom.
Although this is a deep fried snack, compared to all fritters/pakoda these do not soak or absorb any oil, so I call it the 'healthy pakoda'...
Here is the perfect evening snack for winter...
What better way to start the holiday season, than with some hot vadas and tea...
I had some Dill leaves, so thought of making these vadas or deep fried snack....
Dill leaves are called as "Sabsige Soppu" in Kannada, and I was first introduced to this herb in Hassan during my engineering days.
There were several dishes which were made with Dill, like "Sabsige soppina saaru" or "Dill Dal", "Sabsige soppina Chitranna" or "Dill rice" etc, but I loved these vadas the most.
I always thought that this herb was native to that region, since I had never eaten or seen them in Mangalore.
Its only after I started working, and then traveled the world, I got to know that "Dill leaves" are used in various other cuisines like South American, Persian cuisine etc.
