During the Saaka Vratha, vegetables and fruits are not consumed. So the day to day menu uses a lot of lentils. Here in this recipe fried lentil dumplings are used in the place of vegetables. Also I found that it is similar to raita. Hence we can prepare this and serve it along with steamed rice as well as a side dish with flavored rice.


I used :

Curd – 3 cups
Toor dal – 1/4 cup
Pepper- 1/2 teaspoon
Cumin seeds – 1 teaspoon
Salt to taste
Oil for deep frying

  1. Soak the toor dal for a couple of hours. Drain and grind with pepper and salt.Sprinkle water while grinding. The ground mixture should not be watery.
  2. Heat oil in a pan and drop spoonfuls of the ground mixture into the oil and deep fry till golden brown.Drain and keep aside.
  3. Whisk the curd with salt.
  4. Heat oil in a small pan and put in cumin seeds. When it splutters, pour over the curd.
  5. Drop the fried lentil balls into the curd and serve with steamed rice.

    Bon Appetit…

    4 thoughts on “Saaka Vratha Majjige Palidha”

    1. looks yum. My thought were dahi vada or mausur ambodi with toor dal. Still this must have tasted better. Iam partial to toor dal.:)

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