Deep Fried Lentil Dough Balls (Punugu)
Ingredients
- 1 cup urad dal
- 1 cup rice rava (coarse rice flour)
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- Onions, chopped
- Chiles, chopped
- Salt to taste
Ingredients for 3 servings (610 g) · the original recipe
Method
- 1
Soak the urad dal in water for several hours.
- 2
Soak the rava in water.
- 3
Grind the soaked urad dal to make a somewhat loose batter. Mix in the soaked rava.
- 4
Mix in the flour, then add enough water to thin it if necessary.
- 5
Mix in onions, chillies, and salt to the batter. Allow to ferment and rise.
- 6
Make small balls and deep fry them in hot oil.
Stovetop
Recipe from Wikibooks Cookbook, written by Wikibooks contributors. Used under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; the ingredient list and method on this page are taken from that page and edited (its notes, tips and variations are not reproduced), and are available under the same licence. The macros, equipment tags and scaling are Ma Kitchen’s own and are not the source’s figures. Ma Kitchen is not affiliated with or endorsed by Wikibooks Cookbook. Copied on 2026-11-12.
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