3 Lentils Vada/Mudu Pappula Garelu

Prep Time: 5min
Soak Time: 1hr 30min
Cook Time: 30min
Total Time: 2hr 5min
Yield: 4-6 Servings

Ingredients

1 Cup Urad Dal (Mina Pappu)
1/2 Cup Chana Dal (Chanaga Pappu)
1/4 Cup Moong Dal (Pesara Pappu)
1 Small Sized Onion, finely chopped
2 Green Chillies
Salt to Taste
1/4 Tspn Gingergarlic Paste
Few Curry Leaves, chopped
Oil for Deep Fry


Directions

• Wash all dals together & soak them in enough water for 1 hour 30 minutes.
• After 1 1/2 hour; drain water completely & add to a mixie jar. Also add green chillies, salt, gingergarlic paste & grind it to a coarse paste. Batter should be thick & coarse as shown in the picture below.

• Add chopped onion, curry leaves to the batter & mix everything well.
• Heat oil in a sauce pan/kadai on a medium flame & once oil is hot enough, wet your hands with little water. Take 2 tablespoons of batter in your left palm & flatten it with your right hand fingers. Make a hole in center & carefully remove it from your palm with the right hand fingers. Immediately drop it in oil & repeat the same process with remaining batter.
• Fry them in small batches for 5-8 minutes or until golden brown & keep turning the vadas with a strainer ladle while frying otherwise they get discoloured. 
• Transfer them to a plate lined with paper towel to remove excess oil.
• Serve vada with peanut chutney, coconut chutney, ginger chutney & sambar.