Ambade/Black Gram Fritters

Ingredients:

Black Gram – 2 cups, soaked for 2-3hours.
Green Chillies – 7, chopped
Coconut pieces – ¼ cup
All Purpose Flour(Maida) – 1 tablespoon
Gram Flour – 2 tbsps
Peppercorns – 10
Curry Leaves, chopped – 3 tbsps
Salt to taste
Oil for deep frying.

Method:

1. Grind black gram into a smooth batter with very little water.
2. Add Maida, gram flour, coconut pieces, green chillies, curry leaves, peppercorns and salt. Mix well.
3. Heat oil in a frying pan.
4. Take a small lump of batter and drop it into the oil. Drop some more lumps(depending on the quantity of oil) and fry till golden brown.
5. Serve hot with coconut chutney.