VADA CURRY
| Servings | Prep Time |
| 2persons | 2hours |
| Cook Time |
| 30minutes |
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Ingredients
- 1cup Channa dal
- 1number onion
- 1number tomato
- 3number red chilli
- 2pods garlic
- 1/2tsp Turmeric Powder
- 1/2tsp Coriander Powder
- 1/2 tsp Turmeric Powder
- 1/2number Bay Leaf
- 1inch Cinnamon Stick
- 1tsp Oil
- To Taste salt
- A Few coriander leaves
Instructions
- Soak channa dal in water for 2 hours.
- After 2 hours strain the dal. Add it in a blender along with red chillies, salt and fennel seeds.
- Grind it to a coarse paste.
- Grease an idli plate with oil and place the ground paste by putting a hole in the centre. This will help in cooking the vadas faster
- Cool once steamed.
- In a pan add oil followed by cinnamon stick, bay leaf and a little fennel seeds.
- Add onion and cook till pink.
- Add chopped tomato and cook till mushy.
- Add coriander powder, turmeric powder, red chilly powder and salt.
- Crumble the cooked vadas with your hands.
- Add this to the onion and tomato mixture.
- Add water and mix well and check for the consistency.
- Add coriander leaves as a garnish.
- Serve with soft idlis.
Recipe Notes
Grind the paste coarsely.
You can add ginger garlic paste along with onion and tomato mixture.
If you want you can add a juice of lemon in the end to the gravy.
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