Crispy Masal Vada

It’s a high calorie morning food. And it is a traditional South Indian food.It’s a typical street food in the Indian Subcontinent and Sri Lanka. It is available in most hotels and road side shops. It is specially made with chana dhal & some spices.

You can serve along with a main dish such as Idli, Dosa or Pongal. It’s preferably eaten freshly fried, while still hot and crunchy and is served with a variety of dips ranging from Sambar to chutney to curd.

Ingredients

Chana Dal – 1 cup

Chopped Onion – 1(big)

Coriander Leaves – 2 tsp

Chopped Ginger – 2tsp

Red Chilli – 4

Fennel Seeds – 2 tsp

Garlic – 2 cloves

Ginger – 1 inch

Cinnamon – 1

Clove – 2

Salt

Oil

Method

Soak chana dal for about 3 hours. After that drain water and keep 2 tsp of chana dal separately.

In a blender, add red chilli, ginger, garlic, fennel seeds, clove, cinnamon, salt and soaked chana dal, and grind it a coarse paste with less water.

Once done, in a medium bowl add grinder chana, chopped onion, ginger, coriander leaves. Then add the whole soaked chana dal.

Mix everything well, and prepare round shaped balls and keep aside.

In a kadai, heat oil. When oil gets really hot take a round shaped ball mixture and flatten with palm and carefully drop it into the hot oil. Fry all vadas in medium heat.

Fry the vada till turn crispy & golden brown on both sides. Hope you will enjoy with this delicious vadas.