Dal vada

Name: Dal vada
Total time: 9000 s
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 1/2 cup chana(gram) dal; 1 cup water; 1/3 cup onion; 1/2 inch ginger; 2 green chillies (optional); 2 spring curry leaves; 1/4 cup coriander leaves; to taste Salt; As needed Oil for fry

Violla D'Souza @cook_25100462

This snack made with chana dal is a favourite in my house. Usually accompanied with coconut or peanut chutney and tea
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Violla D'Souza @cook_25100462

This snack made with chana dal is a favourite in my house. Usually accompanied with coconut or peanut chutney and tea
#foodietothecore
#zing

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Ingredients

Prep+cooking time: 2hr+30min

2 servings

1/2 cupchana(gram) dal
1 cupwater
1/3 cuponion
1/2 inchginger
2green chillies (optional)
2 springcurry leaves
1/4 cupcoriander leaves
to tasteSalt
As neededOil for fry

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Steps

Prep+cooking time: 2hr+30min

1

Rinse the dal with water a couple of times
2

Soaks the dal in one cup of water for exactly 2 hours. Do not exceed the time.
3

After two hours, drain the dal well so that no water is left behind and grind to a coarse paste without adding water. A few whole dals should be left. This helps with the texture
4

To this mixture add chopped onion, ginger, coriander leaves, curry leaves, chopped green chilli and salt to taste. You can also add red chilli powder of required. I did not add in mine
5

Mix well so everything is combined. Taste the mixture and add salt or chilli powder of needed.
6

Divide the mixture into small portions and flatten then slightly by hand or using banana leaves
7

Heat oil and in a pan
8

Fry the shaped vadas over medium heat till golden brown or till cooked.
9

Serve hot with peanut or coconut chutney.