Ingredients

  • 1/4 kg white Urad Dal, washed and soaked overnight
  • 1 inch piece ginger, peeled, washed and finely chopped
  • 2 green chilies, washed, ends trimmed and slit
  • salt
  • 1 pinch baking soda
  • cooking oil, as required to deep fry
  • 500 g yoghurt, whisked
  • 2 pinches red chili powder, to garnish
  • 2 pinches coriander leaves, to garnish
  • 2 pinches black salt, to garnish
  • 2 pinches cumin powder, to garnish
  • 5 -6 long red chilies, stir-fried, to garnish

Method

  • Clean the urad dal the night before you wish to prepare these. Remove stones, dirt, etc. Wash thoroughly and soak in a clean bowl of water overnight.
  • Wash the soaked lentil thoroughly in the morning.
  • Replenish the water of the white urad dal in the morning.
  • Wash well, drain and using a little water, prepare a thick consistency paste of the white lentils in a mixer.
  • Transfer this paste to a bowl.
  • Add ginger, green chillies, salt to taste and baking soda to this and mix well.
  • Shape into vadas and deep fry in hot oil.
  • In a bowl, whisk the yoghurt thoroughly.
  • Add the deep fried vadas to the whisked yoghurt.
  • Garnish with red chilli powder, black salt, cumin powder, slit green chillies, stir-fried long red chillies and the finely chopped corriander leaves.
  • Serve cold with some sweet chutney drizzled over the vadas.
  • Enjoy!