Masala Vadai

Masala Vadai

All time favorite Masala Vadai as a super lite snack

Preparation time: 20 mins
Serves: 4

Ingredients

Chana dal: 2 cups
Onion: 3 nos
Green chillies: 4 nos
Ginger:  1 inch
Sauf: 1 tspn
Cinnamon:  1/2 inch
Cooking oil for deep frying
Mint leaves(optional): 10 leaves
Coriander leaves: 10 strands
Curry leaves :10 leaves
Rice flour: 1 tblspn
Salt as per taste

Pre-preparation

• Soak the dal for 2 hours
• Finely chop the onions, curry leaves,mint leaves and coriander leaves 

Method

• Grind the soaked dal,reserving 1 tblspn of dal along with green chilly, ginger, sauf, cinnamon and salt
• Grind coarsely without adding any water
• Take the ground mixture into a mixing bowl and add the chopped onions,coriander leaves, curry leaves, mint leaves,  rice flour, reserved 1 tblpsn dal and mix well
• Check for seasoning
• Heat oil in a kadai for deep frying
• Once the oil is heated, wet your hands and take a lemon sized ball of the mixture,flatten it slightly and drop into the oil
• Keep the flame in low to medium and fry until  the vadai turns golden brown in colour 
• Take out the cooked vadas into a draining vessel and serve hot

Authentic South Indian snack Masala vadai is ready to eat