Urad Dal Vada/Medu Vada

Prep Time: 5min
Soak Time: 6hrs
Cook Time: 20min
Total Time: 6hr 25min
Yield: 3-4 Servings

Ingredients

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


Directions

• Wash urad dal & soak in enough water for 6 hours.
• After 6 hours; drain water completely & add to a mixie jar. Also add green chillies, salt, gingergarlic paste, water & grind it to a smooth paste. Batter should be thick as shown in the picture below (check for the right consistency of batter by dropping a small ball of urad dal batter in a bowl containing water & the ball has to float).

• 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 your 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. Vada should be crispy from outside & soft inside
• Transfer them to a plate lined with paper towel to remove excess oil.
• Serve vada with peanut chutney, coconut chutney, ginger chutney & sambar.