Dal Vada

Ingredients:

• ½ big Onion (chopped finely)
• 1 cup Chana Dal (soaked in water for 3-4 hrs)
• 3-4 Curry Leaves (chopped finely)
• 2 Green Chilies (low spiced)
• Oil for deep frying
• Salt as per taste
• ½ tbsp Grated Coconut (fresh/frozen)
• Pinch of Asafetida (Hing)
• ½ tsp Red Chili Powder
• 1 tbsp Rice Flour

How to make Dal Vada:

• Pulse the green chilies in a blender till they are coarsely grounded.
• Drain out water from the soaked dal and pulse it a couple of times. The dal should not become a paste it should be just coarsely ground.
• Mix all ingredients except oil.
• Take a heavy bottomed pan and heat oil in it. Alongside take small dumplings out of dal mixture and flatten them in between your palms.
• Drop these dumplings or Vada into the oil and depp fry them. Make sure the heat is between low-medium, because if the heat is high the outer portion cooks faster than the inner one giving you a semi-cooked or burnet Vada.
• Once done remove the Vada from oil and drain it on a paper towel.
• Serve it hot with coconut chutney.