Chana Dal Vada Recipe

Ingredients

Chana dal (split bengal gram/kadala parippu) – 1/2 kg (makes upto 3025 medium sized vadas)

Green chilli - 6-8 finely chopped (add more to make more spicy)

Ginger - 3 tsp, finely chopped

Curry leaves – 20-25 leaves inely chopped

Coriander – 2 handful of cleant bunch and chopped fine

Hing - 1 tsp

Salt

Oil

Instructions

1. Soak chana dal in water for 2 hours or more (ovenight). 2. Drain the water completely. Make sure that the water is drained well else the batter will be runny and

vadas cannot be shaped. 3. Crush the soaked and drained dal, just run it in mixie(prefrably inch / stop upto 3 times max) for a few

seconds.Make a coarse mixer . Make sure you dont grind it to a smooth paste. Add all ingredients except oil to the crushed dal and gently mix it together. Make small balls with the dal .(flatten them a bit using your palm just before dropping them in oil)

4. Heat oil for deep frying pan on high flame. When oil is really hot, reduce the flame to low-medium and add the vada. Before adding to the oil, just flatten each ball in your palm. Wet your hands before flattening the dough. It is better to flatten the dough just before adding to the oil, otherwise it may break.

5. Fry till the vadas become golden brown or if you like it extra crispy, It takes some time for them to fry well.

Notes

It is better to make small size vada, so that it gets cooked well.