Vegetarian Chicken Nuggets

To make these yummy nuggets, you must have the following ingredients:

2 Cups Split Chana Dal (Available in most Indian grocery stores.)

1 Cup Leftover Mashed Potatoes

1 TBSP Maggi

1 tsp Black Pepper

Pinch of Thyme

Soak your dal for a few hours or overnight. Drain

In a food processor, grind your dal to the consistency of cornmeal.  You may have to add some water, maybe up to 1/2 cup.  You want to keep this mixture as stiff as you can.  When ground up, place dal in a mixing bowl and add the rest of the ingredients.  Mix thoroughly.  Follow instructions below.

Your  mixture should look something like the picture below and be quite stiff.

Form into nugget shaped pieces.  You may have to wet your hands with water as this mixture may become quite sticky; just keep rinsing your hands without drying them and form the nuggets.

Place nuggets in deep fryer or a frying pan and fry until golden brown.

They will be tender on the inside and crunchy on the outside.  

Plate them up and serve with your choice of dipping sauce.  This is a great way to get your little ones to eat legumes.  They wont even know.  These are really good.  An alternative to a hamburger, is to make them into patties, fry them in a frying pan and serve them up as you would a chicken burger.  If you try this recipe either way, let me know what you think.

Hope you have a wonderful day.
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