Name: Parippuvada recipe by Anupa Joseph at BetterButter
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 1 1/2 cup of Chana Dal/Split Bengal gram/Kadala Parripu; 1 tbsp of finely chopped Ginger; 2-3 green chillies finely chopped; 4-5 tbsp of finely chopped onions; Few curry leaves - cut in small pieces; Salt to taste; Oil to deep fry

Ingredients Serving: 4

1 1/2 cup of Chana Dal/Split Bengal gram/Kadala Parripu
1 tbsp of finely chopped Ginger
2-3 green chillies finely chopped
4-5 tbsp of finely chopped onions
Few curry leaves - cut in small pieces
Salt to taste
Oil to deep fry

Instructions

Soak the Chana Dal for about 5-6 hours. Grind the Chana dal in a grinder. Do not grind them into a paste, but get them in a form such that it has few whole Chana dal in it as well as rest of them grinded into small bits.
Add the chopped onion, ginger, green chillies, salt and cut curry leaves to the ground dal and mix well. Heat the oil in a deep frying pan. Once the oil is hot, turn down the heat to medium.
Meanwhile make small balls of the mixture and press them in between your palms gently. Drop them into the heated oil and fry them untill the surface of the vada turns brown.
Drain off excess oil from the vada and place it on a paper napkin. Serve it hot. Yields around 15-20 Parripu vadas.