Ingredients
Urad dhal - 1 cup
Green chilli - 2
Fresh ginger - a small piece
Garlic - 2 cloves
Hing - 1 pinch
chopped onions - 1/4 cup (optional)
few curry leaves and coriander leaves - finely chopped
Salt - half teaspoon
Oil - for frying
Method
Soak urad dhal in water for two hours. Wash well and grind to a soft paste along with salt, hing, ginger, garlic and green chillies. The dough should float on water. This is the right consistency. Remove and add chopped onions,curry leaves, coriander leaves and mix well.
Heat oil in a kadai. Take a lemon size ball and slightly flatten it and make a hole in the centre (you can also use a plastic sheet to do this). Drop gently in the hot oil and deep fry till it becomes golden brown. Make sure the oil is in medium heat and not to be smoking hot.
serve hot.
Tips : vadas can be made in two ways. Take out a small portion of banana leaf or a thick plastic paper. Wet the leaf or plastic paper. Dip you hands in the water so that your hands will also be wet. Take out a lump of batter and make a ball. Put the ball in the leaf or sheet and gently press with your fingers and make a hole. Take the leaf or sheet along with vadai in one hand and gently lift the vadai using your thumb of other hand and remove the leaf or sheet. Now the vadai will be in your hand. Drop it in the hot oil and fry.
The other way is, Wet your hand and take out the batter and make a lemon size ball and gently push the ball from your palm to the end of the fingers (top of the four fingers) and press with your thumb and make a round and make a hole with your thumb and put it hot oil. This will come with practice and is a quick method also.
To get crispy vadai, you can add a teaspoon of rice while soaking urad dhal or add a teasoon of rice flour while grinding. The batter also should be very fine.
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