Uzhundhu(Urad dal) vadai

Ingredients

Urad dal 1 cup

Onion 1/4 cup

Curry leaves 5 to 6 leaves

Coriander leaves A small bunch

Cumin seeds 1 tsp

Pepper 1/2 tsp

Green chilli 1 or 2

Salt as required

Oil as required

Direction

• Wash and soak urad dal for 2 hours.
• Grind urad dal in the grinder if you can,otherwise blend in a blender by adding little by little water.
• Do not add too much water. If you add too much water, the vadai will be too oily.If your batter is so thick,it will become hard.To avoid this,check the batter before making the vadai.
• Take some water in a bowl,put a small amount of batter into the water. If the batter floats,the consistency is good.
• Heat some oil in a pan.Mix all the ingredients in the batter.
• Take water in a bowl, dip your hand in the water and take some lemon size batter. Make it into a ball. Press in the middle of the ball and put it into the oil.Fry them until it turns into golden brown. Have it with coconut chutny and enjoy :)

Spinach Vadai

Ingredients:

Basan flour - 1 cup
Rice flour - 2 tbsp
Chopped spinach - 1 cup
Chili powder - 1 tsp
Cumin seeds - 1 tsp
Green chili - 2
Curry leaves
Coriander leaves
Salt to taste
Oil to fry

Direction:

• Mix all the ingredients except oil.
• It should be like chapathi dough.
• Make small balls out of the dough and press them between your palm.
• Heat oil and deep fry them.