Akkara Balls - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 cup black-eyed peas
salt
1/4 teaspoon black pepper
oil (for deep frying)

Preparation

Soak the blackeyed beans overnight (if using dried).
Next day, if any water is left in the soaked beans, drain it.
Now, in a blender, grind the beans with salt to taste and black pepper until beans become like a paste.
Grind until there it is a thick paste but still bit coarse.
Add little water if needed to make paste.
Now heat oil in frying pan.
When oil is hot, scoop one spoonful of paste into oil, repeat until there is no space for more scoops.
Turn occasionally and remove from oil when brownish in color.
Ready to serve with chutney or tomato ketchup.