Low fat Split Chick Pea & Cabbage Fritters(Purple Cabbage vadai in paniyaram pan)

Which your most frequently used kitchen gadget/utensil?  I use my vitamix, pressure cooker and third in the order is Aebleskiver Pan or Danish Cake Pan or the Payiram Pan. I absolutely love fried food, anybody doesn’t here? But when frying lot of nutrients gets lost and also I use coconut oil for all frying and I don't reuse the fried oil. Because of all the wastage involved, some how, don’t get the motivation to fry at all.
When you don’t want to fry, this Aebleskiver pan comes really handy as a substitute for pan frying and you can almost match the taste to some extent. I used Channa Dal(Split Chick Pea) which is very high in protein and very low in glycemic index.  No frying involved, quick to make, high in protein and low in glycemic index, to top it all tastes great. This is a perfect snack for any one to try. If you do, let me know how you liked it.
Preparation Time – 15 Minutes
Cooking Time – 20 to 25 Minutes
Makes around 16-18
Ingredients
Split Chick Peas(Channa Dal) – 1 Cup
Asafoetida – Small piece
Salt – 1 Tsp
Red dry chili – 2 or to taste
Finely chopped purple cabbage – 1 Cup
Coconut Oil – 2 Tbsp
Method
1) Soak the split chick peas for 2-3 hours. Drain and reserve 1 Tbsp of the soaked dal and grind the rest into smooth paste after adding salt, asafoetida, red chili and little bit of water. The batter should be thick and you should be able to spoon it, without pouring it.
2) To the ground paste, add the chopped purple cabbage, reserved split chick peas and mix thoroughly.
3) Heat the paniyaram pan in medium heat and once it is hold, add little bit of coconut oil in each one of the groove and then spoon t Tbsp of batter into each one of the groove and cover and cook for 3-4 minutes.
4) Once one side is cooked and slightly browned,  flip it and cook on the other side. At this time if you want it little bit more crispier add few drops of oil in each one of the groove.
5) After both the sides are cooked, remove and serve hot with chutney.

Events
Sending this to Zesty Palette’s New You Series 3 hosted by Vardhini.

 

Going to Fast food no Fat food hosted by Priya Sreeram an event started by Priya Mahadevan .

 

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