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Dal vada

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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Soaking time 2 hours
Total Time 35 minutes
Servings: 2
Course: Snack
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 1/2 cup chana dal (bengal gram)
  • 1/4 cup toor dal (split pigeon peas)
  • 1 small onion finely chopped
  • 2 green chillies finely chopped optional
  • 1/2 inch ginger finely chopped
  • 7-8 curry leaves roughly choppedd
  • 4-5 dried red chillies
  • 1 teaspoon cumin seeds
  • 1 pinch asafoetida
  • salt to taste
  • oil for frying
  • water for soaking the dals

Method
 

  1. Wash the lentils very well and then soak them in water for two hours 
  2. In a mixer, add the soaked lentils along with the red chilles and salt. Grind this to a coarse paste without using water
  3. To the ground lentils, add all the other ingredients and mix well 
  4. Grease your palms with some cooking oil
  5. Now, take a lemon sized ball of the batter and flatten it between your palms to give it a patty-like shape
  6. Place a wok with the oil to heat. Once the oil heats, lower the flame to medium and fry the dal vadas or lentil fritters until they are golden brown
  7. These are best served hot along with tea. They taste delicious as it is, however you may also serve them with some tamarind chutney or ketchup
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Notes

You could add a tablespoon of rice flour to the lentil batter, for binding, in case the fritters don't hold their shape