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Ingredients(20 pieces):
1 cup chana dal (kadle bele)
1/3 cup coconut
7-8 sprigs of coriander
1 dried red chilli
4-5 pepper corns
1 tsp hing
1/4 tsp turmmeric
3 green chilli
1 tsp cumin
1/4 onion finely diced - optional
Salt to taste
Oil for frying

Method:
1) Soak chana dal, red chilli and pepper corns together in water for 4-5 hrs. Drain excess water
2) Take coriander, green chilli, cumin seeds, coconut, soaked pepper corns, soaked red chilli, 1/2 of soaked chana dal, hing, turmeric in a blender and grind it into a fine paste. Do not add water. Keep this paste aside
3) Take the remaining soaked chana dal and grind it coarsely.
4) Add this along with onion to the fine paste and mix. Check for salt.
5) Heat sufficient oil in a frying pan. 
5) Take small lumps of this mix, pat it into thin patties and fry.
DONE!!! :)