Myself and my friend Balaji used eat at this tiffen centre….when we were at Hyderabad. Most of the days after our class….we go there for either breakfast or tea. One fine day….after shopping we stopped there in the evenning. They had this amazing recipe called Rasa Idly. Wow….very spicy! You wouldnt beleive…very hot, pepper rasam and 2 large idlies were soaking wet in it. He said…its the best. Although I took a bite of it, I was very skeptical to try extra spicy food. And also I am not a big fan of idly! Oh…please don’t scold me for being a Tamil Girl and saying Hate Idly. So I was wondering if I can alter the same recipe to my palate. So just like that I tossed my Vadai in Rasam….just for some sweetish taste, thought of having Pineapple rasam today! It turned out good! So go ahead…grab a fork!:)

Ingredients:

Pineapple/thoor dal rasam – 4 cups
Urad dal batter 1 cup
Ginger 2″ chopped
Cocont 2″ chopped
Whole peppercorns 1 spoon
Cumin seeds 1/4 spoon
Salt
Soda 1 pinch
Oil for deep frying
Cilantro leaves for garnishing.

Method:

To the urad dal batter, add all the ingredients said above(except oil, rasam and cilantro leaves.)

Now deep fry them in oil. Maybe of desired shapes. Small lime size ball will be okay.

When they are doen, leave over kitchen tissues for a while.

Now dip these vadas in warm water for quick few seconds, and immedietely leave them in rasam.

Let this sit for 1-2 hours.

Garnish with cilantro leaves. Serve at room temeprature.