MIXED DAL VADAS RECIPE

Mixed dal vadas can be served as a good tea-time snacks. A blend of other dals with urad dal makes the vadas soft from inside and crispy from outside. They tastes awesome when enjoyed with mint-coriander chutney. Let’s make mixed dal vadas for today’s tea time snacks.

Preparation Time: 4 – 5 hours

Cooking Time: 20 minutes

Servings: makes about 20 vadas

Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup chana dal

• 1/2 cup moong dal
• 1/2 cup urad dal
• 1/4 cup rice flour
• 2 green chillies
• 4 garlic pods
• 1 small size onion (finely chopped)
• 2 tbsp coriander leaves (finely chopped)
• 5 – 6 curry leaves (finely chopped) (optional)
• 1/2 tsp carom seeds (ajwain)
• 1/2 tsp red chilli powder
• 1/4 tsp turmeric powder
• 1/2 tsp coriander powder
• 1/2 tsp cumin powder
• salt to taste
• oil for frying

Preparation Instructions:

• Wash the three dals 2 – 3 times and soak them in enough water for 4 – 5 hours. After that drain water and grind the dal with garlic pods and green chillies to make a coarse paste.
• Now take out the pate in a bowl and add rice flour, chopped onions, coriander leaves, curry leave, carom seeds, red chilli powder, turmeric powder, coriander powder, cumin powder and salt to taste.
• Meanwhile, heat oil for deep frying and take a spoonful of mixture and make small vada with it. Drop the vada in hot oil and cook it on medium flame till they become brown in colour.
• Serve hot with tomato ketchup or mint-coriander chutney.