Masaal Vadai:

Madras Masal Vadai. Paruppu Vadai. Parippu Vadai.

Ingredients:

Chenna dal 1 cup(soaked in water 45 min)
Ginger-garlic paste 3 spoons
Curry leaves 3-4 twigs (chopped)
Salt
Onions very finely chopped 1-2 bowls
Green chilies finely chopped 2-3 spoons
Finely chopped ginger 1-2 spoons
Chopped mint leaves 1 cup
Chopped coriander leaves 1 cup
Rice flour 2-4 spoons
Oil for frying.
Powder these together:

Dry red chilies 10
Fennel seeds 2 spoons
Salt

Method:

1. Wet grind coarsely the soaked chenna dal. Mix with ginger – garlic paste.

2.Mix curry leaves and powdered masal together. The dough should be tight. At the same time not hard too.

3. One can add few spoons of rice powder to it….to get the crispy outer layer.

4. Further add onions, green chilies, coriander, curry and mint leaves too. Mix well and leave it in fridge for about an hour.

5. In a deep pan heat oil. Make roundels of the dough prepared. Fry them in oil. Maintain the stove on medium flame. The roundels should neither be too flat nor too bulbly. It is pressed with wet hands….each time. Fry till reddish brown.

6. Serve them hot as tea/coffee time snack. It tastes good with coconut chutney or sambar too.