MASAL VADAI

INGREDIENTS:

            Bengal gram/Chickpea – 200g

            Urad dhal – 50g

            Green/Red chilly – 2

            Ginger – 1tsp

            Cloves – 2

            Cinnamon – 1

            Fennel/Sombu – 1 tsp

            Onion – 2 (Chopped)

            Curry leaves – 1 leaflet

            Coriander leaves – 1 handful

            Asafotedia – ½ tsp

            Salt

            Oil – to deep fry

METHOD:

1.    Soak Bengal gram and urad dhal for an hour.

2.    Take a mixer and add all the ingredients except onion.

3.    Add the soaked bengal gram and urad dhal draining all the water.

4.    Grind the above coarsely, so that the vadas remain crisp.

5.    Sprinkle water if needed.

6.     Remove the content from the mixture, add onions, curry leaves, coriander leaves.

7.    Heat oil, needed to deep fry in a pan.

8.    Make vadas of desired size and deep fry it.

9.    Aromatic, crispy masal vadas are ready.

10.  Onion can be avoided if desired.