This is one of my hubby’s favorite evening snack. His love for this vada is such that he asks me to make it at least once a week :). And this dish being very easy, i always end up making it.

The ingredients required are

Moong Dal/Peeled broken green gram - 1 cup

Chana Dal/Black gram - 1 cup

Medium sized onion - 1

Ginger - 1″ piece

Green Chilly - 2

Coriander leaves - 5 strands

Turmeric Powder - 1/4 tsp

Cumin seeds - 1tsp

Ajwain - 1/4 tsp

Salt to taste

Oil for frying

Method of preparation

Soak the moong dal and chana dal for about 3 hrs.

Finely chop the onion, ginger, chillies and the coriander

Grind the soaked dal (by adding no water) to make a paste. Do not make it too fine, let it be a bit coarse

Now add all the ingredients to the ground dal

Take the oil in a frying pan and keep it on medium heat

Now take a small ball of the dal mixture into the palm, flatten it using your fingers and drop into the oil slowly

Fry the vadas on medium heat till golden brown.

Take out the vadas onto a tissue paper to remove excess oil.

Serve the hot vadas with tomato sauce and mint chutney.

Preparation time: 20 mins

Serves: 4 ppl