Dal Vada | Chana Dal Vada | South Indian Snack

Ingredients

Chana dal - 100 gm

Green chilli - 3

Ginger - 1 inch piece

Few curry leaves

Rice flour - 1 tbl.sp

Cumin seed - 1 tsp

Onion - 1 chopped

Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp

Few chopped corriander leaves

Salt as per taste



Method

Soak chana dal in water for 2 to 3 hours in water. Drain the water and put it in a blender along with green chilli, ginger, few curry leaves, turmeric powder and salt. Add little water while blending. Blend it coarsely.

To it add rest of the ingredients, mix well and make small flat balls.Deep fry in oil till golden brown in color and serve hot with chutney or ketchup.

Medu Vada Recipe

Ingredients
urad dal - 1 cup
green chilli as per taste
few curry leaves
few corriander leaves
chopped onion - 1
chopped ginger -one small piece
salt as per taste

for the chutney
few pieces of coconut chopped
few chopped corriander leaves
few chopped mint leaves
2 to 3 cloves of garlic
juice of half lemon
salt as per taste

Method
Soak urad dal in water for 3 to 4 hours and then blend it to a fine paste using very little water. The batter should be thick.
Make a chutney with the given  ingredients

Heat oil in a pan, take a spoon ful of batter and make a hole in the centre. Fry on a medium flame till done. Serve hot with chutney.

Egg and Veg Appam

Ingredients

eggs - 3
bread - 2 slice
onion - 1 medium
capsicum - 1 small
carrot - 1
green chilli chopped - as per taste
ginger - 1 inch grated
roasted cumin powder - 1 tsp
salt as per taste
can add cheese - optional
few corriander leaves


Method

Finely chop onion, capsicum, green chillies. Grate carrot and ginger and finely chop corriander leaves. Make small pieces of bread.
In a bowl break eggs, add cumin powder and salt and mix it well and then add rest of the ingredients and mix well.  Egg and bread will help to bind the mixture.
Take a appam mould and pour little oil in all moulds. Pour half spoon of these mixture in the mould and cook on a medium flame. Turn other side and cook well.
Serve hot with green chutney or ketchup.

Parippu Vada (Kerala Style)

Ingredients

Chana dal – 1 cup

Toor dal – ½ cup

Rice flour – 2 tbl.sp

Small piece of ginger crushed

Green chillies chopped as per taste

Few curry leaves

Onion – 1 chopped

Salt as per taste

Method

Soak both dal in water for 3 to 4 hours. Keep one to two tbl.sp of dal aside and rest grind coarsely without adding water. Add rest of the ingredients. Make small flat round balls and deep fry in oil. Serve hot with chutney.

Idli Paniyaram Recipe

Ingredients

Idli batter – 2 cups

Onion – 1

Green chilli chopped – 1

Pepper powder – ½ tsp

Fresh coconut chopped/grated – ¼ cup

Few curry leaves

Baking soda – ¼ tsp

Ginger – 1 small piece chopped

Coriander leaves

Salt as per taste

Madur Vada