Name: Appe Daal Vadas... recipe by Zeenath Fathima at BetterButter
Prep time: 240 min
Cook time: 12 min
Total time: 252 min
Yield: 6
Ingredients: Bengal gram or chana dal 1 cup; Pigeon pea lentils or toor daal 1/2 cup; Ginger finely chopped 1" piece; Salt to taste; Curry Leaves 8 to 10; Green chillies finely chopped 2; Coriander leaves finely chopped; Baking Soda 2 pinches; Fennel Seeds 1 tsp; Coriander seeds crushed 1 tsp; Turmeric 1/2 tsp; Buttermilk 1/4 th cup (optional)

ABOUT Appe Daal Vadas... RECIPE

Keeps your tummy happy and a heart friendly recipe too. This innovative idea of mine uses just as minimal oil as possible, nearly one fourth of a teaspoon for each vada. Absolutely yummy and infact tastes much better than it's fried version. A perfect tea time party item or a kitty party's first choice. It fits in every party round the corner of the year.

Ingredients Serving: 6

Bengal gram or chana dal 1 cup
Pigeon pea lentils or toor daal 1/2 cup
Ginger finely chopped 1" piece
Salt to taste
Curry Leaves 8 to 10
Green chillies finely chopped 2
Coriander leaves finely chopped
Baking Soda 2 pinches
Fennel Seeds 1 tsp
Coriander seeds crushed 1 tsp
Turmeric 1/2 tsp
Buttermilk 1/4 th cup (optional)

Instructions

Soak both the lentils for a good 4 to 5 hours.
Reserve some soaked seeds for mixing in the batter later on.
Grind them with salt, curry leaves and buttermilk if using. Otherwise just use water.
Grind them coarsely using as less water as possible. It should not be watery at all.
Now mix in all the rest of the ingredients and the raw lentils reserved for mixing in the batter.
Heat an appam patra or an appe pan with one to two drops of oil in each appe mould.
Cover and cook for 3 to 4 minutes on each side.
After done on one side, flip over and cook again for 2 to 3 minutes by drizzling 2 to 3 drops of oil in each mould.
Crispy and crunchy daal vadas with a soft inside are ready to be served with any chutney or dip of your choice.
I served it with tomato onion chutney.
Yummy, fully cooked and easily done in a few minutes without much oil, these daal vadas are a must try.

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