Medhu Vada

Ingredients:

• Urdal Dal - 1 cup [Soak over night].




• Pepper corns - 1 tsp.[grounded coarsely]




• Cumin seeds/Jeera - 1 tsp.




• Green chillies - 3 [ Chopped finely].




• Corriander leaves - Chopped finely.




• Curry leaves - Chopped finely.




• Salt - Required.

Preparation Method :

• Grind the soaked urdal dal in a blender/Mixe - without adding water




• If required only 1/2 - 1 spoon of water




• The batter should be of thick consistency and should be grounded to a fine paste





• Make sure you sure the blender/Mixe properly, don't allow it to become hot, grind it slowly, giving some gaps.




• Once you are once with the batter, Mix it well with you hand, mix it in circular motion




• Do this for around 10 - 15 min, this helps the vada to come soft




• After this is done, take a pinch of batter, drop it in water and check if it floats on the top





• If it floats, you batter consistency is prefect and now you are ready for making vada





• Else keep doing the mixing with your hand for another 5 min and check with water and you will see the batter floating in water.




• Now add salt,ground pepper, cumin seeds,chillies,curry and corriander leaves




• Mix well all the ingredients.




• Heat oil in the Kadai, once the oil is hot.




• Dip you hand in water, take a small ball of water and just roll in your palm




• Make a hole in the centre with your thumb and drop it in the hot oil




• You can put 4 vadas together in the oil




• Don't turn them immediately, wait for some 3 min, now turn




• Fry till they are golden brown.




• Serve hot with Chutney or sambhar.