Peas and Dill Vada

This is the time of the year when green peas are flooding the market and my refrigerator is stocked with fresh shelled peas. However, they are no longer sweet and do not taste as well in sabzis as the tender sweet peas so I try to use them in different ways. Today I am sharing one such recipe.

This is a deep-fried snack. I make deep fried dishes very rarely so whenever it is made everyone at home enjoys them.  

Ingredients

Half a kilo of shelled green peas,

4 tbsp gram flour or besan,

4 finely chopped green chilies,

4 tbsp chopped dill leaves,

1/3 tsp red chili powder,

1/3 tsp black pepper powder,

A pinch of baking soda

Oil for deep-frying

Method

Boil the peas with 1/2 cup of salted water until tender. Once it is cool mash it. You can also blitz it in the mixer.

Mix the mashed boiled peas with gram flour, green chillies, dill leaves, salt, red chili,  black pepper powder and baking powder. Knead this to a smooth mixture.

Heat oil in the frying pan and take a small portion of the mixture and shape it like a flat cutlet. Slip it into the hot oil and fry till golden brown. Repeat till all the mixture is used up.

Serve with tomato sauce or green coriander chutney.