Masala vada

Ingredients:

chana dal

Chana dal or senagapappu or split yellow bengal gram - 150gms

salt - as per taste

oil - for deep frying

Ingredients

red chillis - 7 to 8
cinnamon or dalchina chekka - small piece
ginger garlic paste - 1 table spoon
onion - 1 big - chopped
roasted chana dal or putnala pappu - 1 handful
coriander - 1/2 bunch - chopped


Procedure:

Step - 1

Soak chana dal for 3 hrs in water and  then drain water and keep it aside.

Step - 2

Now grind soaked chanadal with red chilis and cinnamon with less water like vada batter i.e. thick paste.
Then add roasted chanadal, chopped onions, chopped coriander, ginger garlic paste and salt  to it, and mix well.

Step - 3

Now Heat oil in a pan for deep frying.
once the oil got heat,
take a polythene cover, apply little oil on it.
then take a small amount of batter and press it like vada with hand

Step - 4

then slowly drop in the oil.
repeat the same for remaining vadas until the pan is full.

Step - 5

fry them till golden brown color and take them onto a paper towel.

Step - 6

Serve hot with tomato sauce or mint chutney.