Chana Dal Vada/ Split Chickpea Fritters

Chana Dal Vada

Ingredients:

Chana Dal/Split Chickpea  - 1 Cup

Green Chili - 4 or to taste

Curry Leaves - 10

Salt - to taste

Lemon Juice - 1/2 Tbsp

Cumin Seeds - 1 Tsp

Coriander Seeds - 2 Tsp

Oil - To deep fry

Method:

1) Soak chana dal in water for 4 hrs.

2) Rinse it and grind coarsely. Add green chili, curry leaves, cumin seeds and coriander seeds while grinding.

3) Add salt and lemon juice to mixture and mix well. If mixture is too thick add little water.

4) Heat oil in wok and drop vada mixture by spoon in oil, deep fry vada on medium-high heat till golden brown in color.

5) Serve hot with coriander chutney.

Split Chickpea Fritters

Vada Bhat

Preparation Time - 20 Min                      Cooking Time - 30 Min            Serves - 5

Ingredients :

For Vada :

Sprouted matki (moth) - 1/2 Cup

Chana dal (Gram lentil) - 2 Tbsp

Cover-less urad Dal (Black lentil)  - 1/4 Cup

Cover-less  moong dal - 1/4 Cup

Chopped cilantro (Kothimbir) - 1/4 Cup

Cumin seeds - 1 Tbsp

Red chili powder - 1 Tsp or to taste

Salt - 3 Tsp or to taste

Green chili paste - 1 Tsp or to taste

Garlic paste - 1 Tsp

Oil - to deep fry

For Bhat : 

Rice - 1 1/2  Cup

Oil - 3 Tbsp

Mustard seeds - 2 Tsp

Curry leaves (optional) - 4-5 

Dry red chili - 3

For Tadka(Tempering):

Oil - 2 Tbsp

Mustard seeds - 1 Tsp

Cumin seeds - 1 Tsp

Asafoetida - 1/4 Tsp

Dry red chili - 2

Curry leaves - 4 (optional)

Method :

1) Soak chana dal, urad dal and moong dal for 2 hrs in lukewarm water.

2) Wash rice till water runs clean, soak for 15 mins. and pressure cook for 20 min or up to 3 whistles.

3) Grind soaked dal and sprouted matki coarsely in grinder.

4) In a bowl mix grind dal mixture, cilantro, garlic paste, cumin seeds, red chili powder, green chili paste and salt and mix well.

5) Heat oil in wok and add a spoon of batter in hot oil and deep fry vada on medium flame.

6) Heat 2 tbsp of  oil in another pan for tempering and crackle mustard seeds. Add cumin seeds, asafoetida, curry leaves and dry red chilies fry for a moment and switch off stove.

7) Serve a plate of rice with 6 vada. Crumble vada, add tadka and enjoy.

Vada Bhat