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Lili tuvar na dhekra recipe | how to make green tuvar patties | tomato garlic chutney recipe | pigeon pea patties

Author Nehas Cook Book
4 from 1 vote
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 35 minutes
Total Time 40 minutes
Course Snack
Cuisine Indian
Servings 22 dhekra

Ingredients
 

For green tuvar dhekra

  • 1 cup green tuvar - fresh pigeon pea
  • ¾ water to boil tuvar dana
  • Salt to taste
  • 5 cup water for dough
  • 1 tbsp oil
  • ½ tsp ginger paste
  • 2 tsp green chilli paste
  • ½ tsp turmeric powder
  • ¼ tsp hing - asafetida
  • 2 tbsp white sesame seeds
  • ¼ tsp black pepper powder
  • 2 tbsp jaggery
  • ¼ cup chopped fresh green garlic
  • ¾ cup rice flour
  • ¼ cup jowar - sorghum flour
  • ¼ cup coarse wheat flour
  • ¼ cup fresh coriander leaves
  • Oil for frying

For tomato garlic chutney

  • 3 fresh tomatoes
  • 18-20 garlic cloves
  • 2 green chilli
  • 2 tbsp oil
  • ½ tsp mustard seeds
  • 1 tsp coriander powder
  • 1 tsp black pepper powder
  • Salt to taste
  • 2 tsp sugar
  • 1 tsp Kashmiri red chilli powder
  • 1 tsp cumin seeds

Instructions

Making lili tuvar dhekra

  • In a pan, add water, salt, sugar and 1 cup fresh green tuvar. Cook tuvar dana till it becomes soft.
  • Now in a pan, add water, oil, ginger paste, green chilli paste, turmeric powder, hing, salt, white sesame seeds, black pepper powder and jaggery. Allow water to boil.
  • When water is boiling, add chopped green garlic and boiled tuvar dana in it. Mix well and boil the mixture for 1-2 minutes.
  • Then add rice flour, jowar flour, and coarse wheat flour in it. Use a rolling pin and mix all flour into the water.
  • Place pan on a tawa. Cover and cook dough for 10 minutes on low flame.
  • Add hot flour into a mixing bowl and knead it for 2-3 minutes.
  • Grease your hand with oil. Take a small portion of dough and flatten it out between your hands.
  • Heat oil in a pan, add dhekra (vada) and fry them on medium flame. Flip it in between for even browning.
  • When it is crispy and golden brown from both sides. Remove it to the paper towel-lined plate using a slotted spatula.
  • Serve lili tuvar dhekra with tomato garlic chutney and masala tea.

Making tomato garlic chutney

  • In a mixture jar, add chopped tomatoes, garlic and green chilli. Grind it into a smooth paste.
  • Heat oil in pan, add mustard seeds and allow it to crackle.
  • Add grinded paste and mix well.
  • Now add coriander powder, black pepper powder, salt, sugar, red chilli powder, and cumin powder. mix well.
  • Cover and cook chutney till oil separates from its sides.
  • Cool down the chutney completely.
  • Serve or store it in airtight container for 3-4 days in the refrigerator.

Notes

  • Boil green tuvar dana on low-medium flame.
  • Do not discard the water used to boil green tuvar dana.
  • Add only 1 tbsp oil while making dekra dough, do not use more oil in the dough.
  • Cover and cook flour on low-medium flame for 10 minutes.
  • Fry dhekra on medium flame.