QUICK PUDALANGAI PITLA

                     Many dont like eating this vegetable as they feel it dont give a good taste.But if one tries this receipe will definitely like it.Pitla in traditional way has lot of process in it...I have tried this variation for this fastfood world.Especially those who loves pitla but rarely tries it for time constraint will definitely prefer this..Ofcourse no need to compromise on taste.

Ingredients
pudalangai-2 finely chopped
ONION-1 small
chilli powder-1/2 teaspoon
coriander powder-1/2 teaspoon
turmeric powder-1 teaspoon
salt - to taste
oil-4 tablespoon


For PITLA masala
CHANNA DAL-100 grams
garlic-3 pods
ginger-3 small pieces
DRY RED chilli-3
fennel seeds-1 teaspoon
little salt and turmeric powder for pitla

For seasoning
mustard seeds-1 teaspoon
urud dal-1 teaspoon
curry leaves-few
dry red chilli-1

PREPARATION
STEP1.

     1.wash and soak the channa dal in water for 3 hours.now strain water from the dal , add rest of ingredients for pitla masala grind to a coarse paste.
     2.Now pour 2 tablespoon of oil in a pan/kadai spread the paste with your hand like for a adai for 2 minutes in low flame.after 2 minutes turn on either side and cook another 2 minutes,
     3. now remove from pan, after it gets warm crumble it in to small pieces as seen in picture.pitla is ready

STEP2
         
     Pour oil in a pan/cooker add items given for seasoning.let it splutter.Now add chopped onions,and chopped pudalangai saute well.Now add chilli powder, coriander powder,turmeric powder and salt.Add little water allow it to boil closing the pan until raw flavour of masala vanishes.Once its well cooked and vegetable becomes dry,add the crumbled pitla to the vegetable mix well, leave in low flame for 2 minutes and switch off the stove.

TIPS
1.Pudalangai should not be completely cooked as it will change the taste of pitla.It should be only 80% cooked for good taste.so dont add more water for boiling and dont cook for long time.
2.The same receipe can be tried with beans also.
3.Instead of channa dal can also be tried with thoor dal alone or equal quantity of thoordal and channa dal.
4.Water should be completely dried before adding pitla dal to the vegetable so that the receipe doesnt become soggy.