Crispy Kalmi vadas

Name: Crispy Kalmi vadas
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 1/2 kg Chana dal; 2-3 tsp Green coriander; to taste Salt; 1/2 tsp Red chilli powder; 2 Green chilies finely chopped; 1/2 inch Grated ginger; 1/2 tsp Coriander powder; 4-5 cloves Garlic; 1 pinch Asafoetida; as needed Oil for fry

Jayakrite Kande @cook_12324384

Raipur

Crispy Kalmi vadas

Jayakrite Kande @cook_12324384

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Ingredients

1/2 kgChana dal
2-3 tspGreen coriander
to tasteSalt
1/2 tsp Red chilli powder
2Green chilies finely chopped
1/2 inchGrated ginger
1/2 tspCoriander powder
4-5 clovesGarlic
1 pinch Asafoetida
as neededOil for fry

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Steps

1

Wash the chana dal and keep them in a bowl drenched in water for 5 to 6 hours.
2

Later, drain out the excess water from them. Put the soaked chana dal, ginger, garlic, green chilli and curry leaves in a mixer jar along with 2 tbsp of water and grind them into slightly coarse paste. Transfer it in a bowl.
3

Add salt, coriander powder, red chilli powder, green coriander and asafoetida in the dal and mix all the ingredients really well. Mixture for making vadas is now ready.
4

Place a wok on flame and pour enough oil in it to deep fry the vadas. Allow the oil to heat and in the meantime prepare the vadas. For this, cover a bowl with a muslin cloth and tie it from back then wet the cloth with some water.
5

Now pinch a lemon sized amount of mixture and make a round ball of it. Place the mixture on the cloth and flatten it into round vada by pressing it with fingers.
6

Carefully lift the vada from the cloth and drop it in the hot oil. Likewise, make all the vadas and put them in the wok.
7

Once the vadas gets fried from beneath, flip the sides and fry until they become light brown in colour. As the vadas becomes light brown, drain out them on a plate.
8

Now cut the fried vadas into ½ inch thick long pieces. Put the vadas back in the hot oil and fry them until they become golden brown in colour. Keep the flame on medium so that they become crisp.
9

When the vadas become golden brown, drain out them on a plate. Kalmi vadas are ready.
10

Serve these crispy and delectable kalmi vadas steaming hot along with green coriander chutney and tomato sauce.