Chana Dal Vada

Introduce

Chef :

Uzma Ahmad

Chana Dal Vada

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Ingredient

1/2 cup

Green Chilli, seeded and finely chopped

3_4

piece of Ginger, finely chopped or grated (optional)

4-5

finely chopped Coriander Leaves

to taste

Cooking instructions

* Step 1

Wash and soak chana dal in water for 2 hours. Transfer soaked dal to a colander and drain the water.

* Step 2

Transfer drained dal to the jar of a mixer grinder. Add cumin seeds, black pepper, garlic cloves and one green chilli.

* Step 3

Grind until medium coarse texture. If required, scrape the sides and grind the mixture again. It should be okay if a few whole dal remains (this would give a nice chunky texture to vada). Don’t add water while grinding. if required, add only 1-2 tablespoons water.

* Step 4

Transfer it to a medium bowl. Add finely chopped onion, green chilli, ginger, curry leaves, coriander leaves and salt.

* Step 5

Mix all ingredients well. Mixture should not be very moist or dry. If the mixture is too crumbly and it’s difficult to make vadas from it as described in Step-6, then grind 1/4 cup mixture again until smooth and mix with the remaining mixture. If the mixture is too moist and it’s hard to shape vadas, add 2-3 teaspoons of rice flour or gram flour in the mixture.

* Step 6

Grease your palms with oil and divide mixture into 7-8 equal portions. Take each portion of mixture, give it a round lemon like shape and flatten it a little by pressing it in-between your palms and give a pattie like shape. Place all vadas in a plate.

* Step 7

Heat oil in a deep frying pan over medium flame. When oil is medium hot, slide 2-3 vadas in oil from the side of pan and deep fry them until golden brown and crispy.

* Step 8

Transfer them to a plate on paper napkin. Deep-fry remaining vadas. Masala Vadas are ready to serve. Serve them hot with green chutney or tomato sauce.

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