Masala vadai

Name: Masala vadai
Total time: 1800 s
Yield: 4 peoples
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 1 cup chana dal; 1/4 cup urad dal; 10 garlic cloves; 1 inch ginger; 1 tsp fennel seeds; 2 dry red chillies; 1 tsp salt; 2 tbsp chopped mint; 1 onion chopped; 2 cup oil for deep fry

Muniswari.G @muniswari_0205

Chennai

#TC Masala Vada is a popular South Indian tea time snack made using chana dal, onion, spices and herbs .It is also called as Paruppu Vada or Dal Vada or Chana Dal Vada. Masala Vada can relished with chutney and a perfect accompaniment for tea & coffee.

Muniswari.G @muniswari_0205

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Ingredients

30 minutes

4 peoples

1 cupchana dal
1/4 cupurad dal
10garlic cloves
1 inchginger
1 tspfennel seeds
2dry red chillies
1 tspsalt
2 tbspchopped mint
1onion chopped
2 cupoil for deep fry

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Steps

30 minutes

1

Take chana dal, urad dal in a bowl.
Rinse it well and soak it for 2 to 3 hrs. Keep covered and set aside. Then drain the water completely and keep aside.
2

Transfer drained dal to the small jar of a mixer grinder. Grind until medium coarse texture. If required, scrape the sides and grind the mixture again. It should be okay if a few whole dal remains (this would give a nice chunky texture to vada). Don’t add water while grinding. if required, add only 1-2 tablespoons water.
3

To a mixer jar add ginger, garlic, 2 red chillies and 1 teaspoon fennel seeds. Grind it coarsely....
4

Transfer it to a medium bowl. Add finely chopped onion, grounded paste, mint and salt. Mix all ingredients well. Mixture should not be very moist or dry. If the mixture is too crumbly and it’s difficult to make vadas... If the mixture is too moist and it’s hard to shape vadas, add 2-3 teaspoons of rice flour or gram flour in the mixture.
5

Grease your palms with oil and divide mixture into 7-8 equal portions. Take each portion of mixture, give it a round lemon like shape and flatten it a little by pressing it in-between your palms and give a pattie like shape. Place all vadas in a plate.
6

Heat oil in a deep frying pan over medium flame. When oil is medium hot, slide 2-3 vadas in oil from the side of pan and deep fry them until golden brown and crispy. Transfer them to a plate on paper napkin. Deep-fry remaining vadas.
7

Masala Vadas are ready to serve. Serve them hot with tea or coffee.