Verkadalai Kunukku Recipe | Peanut Spice Balls Recipe
Kunukku, a spicy and crunchy snack usually made with left over adai batter. Adai batter has rice and mixed dals. In addition to rice and mixed dals, adding peanuts and making a batter which is then made into small dumplings and deep fried to get more delicious kunukku.
Servings: 4 people
Calories: 30kcal
Equipment
- Mixing Bowl
- Mixer Grinder
- Heavy Bottomed Pan
Ingredients
- 1 Cup Peanuts Use peanuts without skin. 1 Cup - 250ml
- ¼ Cup Raw Rice
- ¼ Cup Urad Dal
- ¼ Cup Split Bengal Gram (Channa Dal / Kadalaparuppu)
- 1 teaspoon Salt Adjust as needed
- 4 Red Chili
- ¼ teaspoon Asafoetida (Asafetida / Hing)
- 2 Cups Oil For Deep Frying
Instructions
- Take a mixing bowl and add peanuts, red chillies, urdal, channa dal and raw rice in water for about 2 hours. After 2 hours, drain water from the mixing bowl.
- Add soaked peanuts, dals and rice to the mixer along with red chillies and grind it to a coarse paste.
- Heat oil in a pan. When the oil is hot, make small balls out of the ground paste and gently drop it in oil.
- Deep fry the peanut balls till they are golden brown and becomes crispy. Remove the fried peanut balls and place it in a paper towel to drain the excess oil. Repeat the step for the rest of the ground paste and fry all the peanut balls
- The crispy and tasty Peanut Spice Balls (Verkadalai Kunukku) is now ready to serve!
Nutrition
Serving: 1piece | Calories: 30kcal | Carbohydrates: 3g | Protein: 0.5g | Fat: 2g