Sorakaya vadalu

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Ingredients:

Sorakaya/Lauki/Bottle gourd - 1 cup (grated)

Rice flour - 1 cup

Onion - 1 small (finely chopped)

Green chillies - 3 (finely chopped)

Grated ginger - 1 tsp

Chana dal - 1 tbsp (soak in hot boiling water for 5min)

Salt - to taste

Oil - 2 cups

Procedure:

1) Heat the oil in a deep bottomed frying pan.

2) While the oil gets heated up, prepare the mix.

3) Take a mixing bowl, add rice flour, grated lauki, onion,green chillies, ginger, chana dal and salt.

4) Mix well to make a thick dough. 

Note:DO NOT add water. Lauki itself has lots of water in it.

5) Make small  balls out of dough.

6) In mediumflame, wet your palms with oil and press the dough to the shape of a small pattie.

7) Carefully slide the patties into the pan.

8) Fry all the patties in batches on medium until the color turns golden brown.

9) Drain the excess oil with a tissue paper.

10) Serve hot with any chutney, they taste good on their own too.