Chickpea Hush Puppies

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Indian cuisine offers an endless root of vegetarian snack recipes. This 1 is based connected masala vada: patties oregon dumplings infused with spices and the caller greenish of chili pepper, cilantro and sometimes mint, usually served with a savory coconut chutney. But this saltation tastes large with conscionable astir immoderate yogurt sauce; or, for Super Bowl snacking, service with Manchurian Dip (see related recipe) oregon a substance of yogurt and the barbecue condiment of your choice.

Channa dal (a.k.a. Bengal gram dal), curry leaves and asafetida, an assertive oniony-garlic crushed spice, are disposable astatine Indian markets. Garlic pulverization tin substitute for asafetida. Take the clip to pat the soaked dal dry, and you'll beryllium rewarded with hush puppies that sorb little oil.

The look tin easy beryllium chopped successful half.

The hush puppies tin beryllium fried up to 4 days successful advance, cooled and refrigerated. Reheat connected a baking expanse successful a 350-degree oven for astir 10 minutes.

Adapted from a look by K.N. Vinod, cook astatine Indique Heights successful Chevy Chase.

Ingredients

measuring cup

Servings: 52 tiny balls

1 lb dried channa dal (split dried chickpeas; spot headnote)
Water
5 cups rootlike oil, for frying
2 mean jalapeño peppers, stemmed, seeded if desired and coarsely chopped
2-inch portion peeled ginger root, finely grated (3 to 4 tablespoons)
1 mean onion, coarsely chopped
2 ounces to 4 ounces curry leaves (see headnote)
Leaves from 1 clump cilantro
Leaves from 1 ample clump mint (optional)
1 spoon fennel seeds
1/2 spoon asafetida (see headnote; whitethorn substitute ail powder)
1 spoon crushed turmeric
1 spoon salt

Nutritional Facts

Per hush puppy

Calories
40
Fat
1 g
Carbohydrates
6 g
Sodium
50 mg
Protein
2 g
Fiber
2 g
Sugar
1 g

This investigation is an estimation based connected disposable ingredients and this preparation. It should not substitute for a dietitian’s oregon nutritionist’s advice.

Adapted from a look by K.N. Vinod, cook astatine Indique Heights successful Chevy Chase.

Tested by Bonnie S. Benwick.

Published February 1, 2011

Updated March 13, 2026