Masala Vada

Ingredients

2 Cups Channa Dal

1 Tbsp Rice Uncooked

1 Tbsp Besan/Gram flour(optional)

Green Chillies finely chopped

2 Tsp Ginger paste

1 Cup Onions finely Chopped

Coriander finely chopped

curry leaves

Soak Channa Dal and Rice for 3 hours and grind into a coarse paste(keep a hand full separately) with minimum water.Mix all the ingredients together.You can add besan to add strength to the vada to hold all the ingredients together.Heat oil in a wok when hot turn to medium heat and drop the vadas slowly in the pan and deep fry.The vadas will take around 5 minutes to fry initially.Fry until golden brown and serve immediately to preserve the crunchiness.

For the vadas to consume less oil fry them immediately after preparing the mixture.