Wash the lentils well and soak them for 3 hours.

In a mixer jar add green chillies ginger garlic and grind them coarsely.. In the same mixer jar add dal and grind it. In a bowl, mix together ground dal, ground ginger, garlic paste, chopped tropical amaranthus and required amount of salt.

Now wet your finger and shape the vada into a round shape and make a hole in the center. You can also shape vada by using tea sieves. Heat oil and drop the vada in oil and deep fry the vada on medium flame.
fry on both sides till they turn golden brown and crisp.

Now ready to serve...