Masala Vada

Name: Masala Vada
Total time: 1800 s
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 250 gm Chana Dal / Split Bengal gram; 22 cloves medium size garlic; 2 inch ginger; 3 guntur or kashmiri Red chillies; 3 green chilli; 1 inch cinnamon stick; 2-3 cloves; 1 Tsp Cumin seeds; 6 sprigs curry leaves; 3/4 cup chopped onions; 1/2 cup chopped dill leaves; 1/3 cup coriander leaves; 1 1/2 Tsp Salt; as needed Oil for deep frying

Muktha H S @cook_7826547

Pune

It's a Savoury deep fried snack made with chana dal . Addition of dil leaves to this vada makes it a super delicious snack .This is a perfect snack during festivals

Muktha H S @cook_7826547

Pune

It's a Savoury deep fried snack made with chana dal . Addition of dil leaves to this vada makes it a super delicious snack .This is a perfect snack during festivals

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Ingredients

30 minutes

6 servings

250 gmChana Dal / Split Bengal gram
22 clovesmedium size garlic
2 inchginger
3guntur or kashmiri Red chillies
3green chilli
1 inchcinnamon stick
2-3cloves
1 TspCumin seeds
6 sprigscurry leaves
3/4 cupchopped onions
1/2 cupchopped dill leaves
1/3 cupcoriander leaves
1 1/2 TspSalt
as neededOil for deep frying

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Steps

30 minutes

1

Soak Chana Dal for 3-4 hrs in water, rinse well and drain water. Keep it aside.
2

Add drained chana dal to a blender and make a coarse paste without adding water.
3

In a chutney jar of a mixer, add garlic, ginger,cumin seeds, 4 sprigs curry leaves,2 green chilli, red chillies, cinnamon and cloves. Make a paste as smooth as possible without adding water.
4

Add this masala paste to chana dal and blend it once again,such that it mix well.
5

Take the chana dal mixture in a container, add salt, chopped onions, 2 sprigs of curry leaves chopped, 1 green chilli,chopped coriander leaves and dill leaves.Mix well everything together
6

In a deep kadai,keep oil for heating. Once it's hot enough. Pinch a small amount of chanadal mixture,shape into vadas and put in hot oil.Fry on medium heat,flip and fry on both sides.
7

Once it turns into nice golden colour,remove from oil and place on kitchen paper towel.
8

Repeat the same procedure of frying for remaining chana dal mixture.Serve hot with a cup of masala chai or filter coffee