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Ambade, also known as Biscoot Ambade in Mangalore are deep-fried fritters prepared from black gram lentil batter. This is a great snack or an appetizer and is served with coconut chutney and sambhar.
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:
- Grind black gram into a smooth batter with very little water.
- Add Maida, gram flour, coconut pieces, green chillies, curry leaves, peppercorns and salt. Mix well.
- Heat oil in a frying pan.
- 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.
- Serve hot with coconut chutney.
Hi Ashwini,
I found your blog very good, the explanations given are very easy to follow.You have mentioned coconut chutney many at times..Could you post a recipe of the same?
take care
Sushma