Name: Spicy Chickpea Fritters
Yield: Makes about 20 Fritters; Serves 5 to 6
Cuisine: India
Ingredients: 1½ teaspoons salt; 1 cup loosely packed coriander leaves, roughly chopped; 2 to 3 tablespoons minced green cayenne chiles; About ¾ cup chopped onion; 2 cups peanut oil for deep-frying; 2 teaspoons minced ginger or ginger mashed to a paste; 2 cups chickpeas, soaked in cold water for at least 3 hours or overnight

Preparation info

Serves
5 to 6

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Mangoes & Curry Leaves

By Jeffrey Alford and Naomi Duguid

Published 2005

About

There are many different kinds of fritters, but our favorite is masala vada, sometimes called dal vada. It looks a bit like a small hamburger but is vegetarian. My number-one favorite meal in South India is a masala dosa and a masala vada. Both come served with a sambhar and coconut chutney. The dosa (a crepelike br