AMBODE/ masala vada:

AMBODE/ masala vada: 
                channa dal vada 

            

Ingredients:

• 1 cup bengal gram dal/channa dal
• 1 tbsp rice flour/ besan
• 1 onion finely chopped
• 2 green chillies
• 4 pepper corns
• 2" ginger
• salt to taste
• 2tsp  curry leaves finely chopped
• 2 tsp coriander leaves finely chopped
• pinch asafotiida/hing
• oil for frying

Method:

• Soak the dals for 2 hrs, drain the water and keep it aside.
• Grind dals, greeen  chillies ,ginger without adding water, to a coarse paste(it should be dry. Do not grind the chana dal to make it a smooth paste, if there is whole daal in it, its fine. It will taste good when you fry it.)
• Add salt and black pepper to the above.
• Remove the ground masala from mixer/blender and mix it with onion, coriander leaves, curry leaves and hing  . 
• Make small balls and press with your palm to make it flat.

           

• Keep oil to heat and deep fry on a low flame.
• Drain well on tissue papper.
• Serve hot with coconut chutney or coriander chutney