MASALA VADA
Course
snack
Cuisine
south indian
Servings
Prep Time
10
piece
60
minutes
Cook Time
10
minutes
Servings
Prep Time
10
piece
60
minutes
Cook Time
10
minutes
Ingredients
1/2
cup
Tur Dal
/Thuvaram paruppu
1/2
cup
Channa dal
2
tsp
urad dal
3
red chilli
ginger
a bit
2
onion
1
sprig
curry leaves
coriander leaves
few leaves
to taste
salt
1/4
tsp
turmeric
powder
Oil(for deep frying)
Instructions
Soak tur,channa and urad dal in a vessel with water for an hour.After it has soaked drain water.
Add in the blender,dals,red chilli and ginger.
Grind coarsely.
Take in a vessel the ground batter,salt,turmeric,chopped onion,curry and coriander leaves and asafoetida.
Mix well and make a ball .
Flatten it with your hand.
Heat oil in a kadai and drop in vadas one by one.
Take them out once nice,crisp and brown.
Drain on a paper tissue.
Serve hot with coconut chutney or any other chutney.
Recipe Notes
Notes
You can add a pod of garlic while grinding the batter.
You can also add a teaspoon fennel seeds along with the batter.I didn’t add since hubby doesn’t like it.
Turmeric powder not only gives a nice colour but also good flavour,so don’t miss it.