masala Vada

Ingredients

1. Pea Dal                   1 cup
2. Onion                      1 big
3. Green Chilies          6
4. Curry Leaves          few
5. Coriander leaves    handful
6. Salt                          1 tsp
7. Oil                           for frying

For Masala

1. Fennel seeds            1 tsp
2. Cinnamon                1/2"
3. Cloves                      2
4. Ginger                      1/2"
5. Garlic                       5 pods

Method

• Wash and soak the dal for 8 hours and drain completely.
• Hand pound fennel seeds, cinnamon, and cloves coarsely.
• Then pound the ginger, garlic put it in a mixing bowl.
• Cut onion, chilies, curry leaves, and coriander leaves.
• Grind the pea dal to a coarse paste, wet grinder is best for grinding.
• Take out the ground paste and add to the bowl.
• Add salt and cut onion, curry, and coriander leaves.
• Mix well and make lemon size balls and flatten slightly.
• Heat oil until the smoke comes, then lower the heat.
• Drop the dal balls one by one, six is enough at a time.
• Fry on low heat, turn them in between and fry for 2 or 3 minutes.
• Serve with rice, curd rice.