Name: Dal vada recipe by Bishnu Priya at BetterButter
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 3
Ingredients: Chana dal( split bengal gram)- 1cup; Onion( chopped)- 1/2 cup; Ginger(grated)- 1/2 tspn; Green chillies(chopped)- 1; Coriander leaves- 1tspn; Mint leaves- 1tspn; Curry leaves- 1/2tspn; Turmeric powder- 1/4th tspn; Salt to taste; Oil for deep frying; For serving; Green chutney or tomato sauce

Ingredients Serving: 3

Chana dal( split bengal gram)- 1cup
Onion( chopped)- 1/2 cup
Ginger(grated)- 1/2 tspn
Green chillies(chopped)- 1
Coriander leaves- 1tspn
Mint leaves- 1tspn
Curry leaves- 1/2tspn
Turmeric powder- 1/4th tspn
Salt to taste
Oil for deep frying
For serving
Green chutney or tomato sauce

Instructions

Clean, wash and soak the chance dal in a deep bowl in enough water for 2 hours. Drain well.
Keep 2tbspn aside of the chance dal. Bend the rest chance dal in a mixer to a coarse mixture without adding any water.
Transfer the mixture into a deep bowl. Add all the remaining ingredients.
Heat oil in a deep pan for frying.
Pick up small portions,shape them to small balls and flaten on a greased sheet or even using hands.
Now drop the vadas into hot oil, you can add 3-4 vadas in one batch, depending on the size of the pan.
Flip them around, fry till golden, drain then on kitchen tissues.
Repeat making vadas and frying till you finish the ground mix.
Serve hot dal vadas with green chutney or tomato sauce.

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