Jul 21, 2011

Masal Vadai

Masal vadai with a hot cup of coffee/tea make a heavenly combo! These crunchy fritters can be served hot any time of the day as appetizers, snacks or as part of any meals. This masal vadai is usually found in menus in almost all south indian restaurants. It can be made with minimal ingredients and is packed with protein. I made these yesterday and we enjoyed a cold day with these crispy masal vadai and some masala chai.


Ingredients
Channa dhal/ Bengal gram dhal - 2 cups
Onion - 1 small sized
Green chillies - 3
Fresh ginger - 1/2 inch
Curry leaves - 1 sprig
Asafoetida/ Hing - 1/4 teaspoon (optional)
Sombu/fennel seeds - 1 teaspoon
Salt to taste
Oil for deep frying

Directions
Soak the channa dhal in water for atleast 1-2 hours.


Remove about 1 tablespoon of the soaked dhal and keep it separately. Grind all the remaining dhal along with salt and the fennel seeds into a coarse paste without adding any water to the dhal mixture.

Chop the onions, green chillies and fresh ginger very finely. In a bowl combine the ground dhal mixture, the reserved dhal, onions, green chillies, ginger, curry leaves and asafoetida and mix until everything is combined together.


In a kadai or a heavy bottomed vessel, heat oil for deep frying. Make small lemon sized balls with the dhal mixture and flatten using both palms. When the oil turns, hot carefully add the prepared dhal mixture. Cook on medium heat for about 2 minutes on each side until the vadai turns golden brown in color.


Drain on paper towels and serve warm!


31 comments:

  1. Wow these look so delicious and inviting.

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  2. can't go wrong with vada!! I can't dare do any deep frying in these triple digit temperatures :)

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  3. Looks very inviting. I have never used chana dal before... This is a must try for Ramadan!! Nice Clicks!

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  4. I can't wait for the gloomy days to try this vada. Might be I will make it even if its hot.

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  5. Yum, I have seen a few of these recipes in the blog world in last 2 days, sounds like vadai time. I got to prepare it too :)

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  6. love masala vadas..looks crispy and tasty..

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  7. Humm, Cant resist these fritters..they look so scrumptious..

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  8. My absolute fav ~ that platter looks so tempting, love the color and texture and everything :)
    US Masala

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  9. looks fabulous! Lovely presentation :)

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  10. These look so good. With Ramadan coming this would be a great item for us to break our fast! My mom makes waday but uses masoor and mung ki daal. These would be a nice change. Thx for sharing!

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  11. Looks golden, crunchy and delicious!

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  12. Looks so yum n crispy ....it's raining here and it would be perfect to munch on..

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  13. Nice n yummy vada..love to have it wid a cup of tea..:)

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  14. love the addition of fennel seeds in masala vadai.delicious vadas

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  15. wow.....iam sitting here by thing wat to make for evening snack.............its vrispy vada

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  16. Love these vadas, nev ermade them home here always ate them when i wa sin India, wish i had them right now.

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  17. This is my all time favorite and we call it
    " Parippu vada" in Kerala. But the mix will take up so much of oil.

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  18. hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm....
    looks lovely and i am sure taste heavenly.

    we have a similar fritter called achra made with salt-fish.

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  19. A classic and a favorite in our home. They have turned out so beautifully, Divya.

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  20. I love this vadai than the methuvadai...Perfectly made it and luks tempting...

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  21. Looks very yummy Divya.. I love vadais :D All kinds :D

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  22. The vadas look crispy and yummy... Love your food photographs...

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  23. Hmmm this recipe looks so delicious and nice and i think that fits perfect with my taste and in my opinion is a very easy recipe, so i think i will try it. Thanks for sharing.

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  24. I love thses, specially when they are all crunchy and hot ! Umm!
    I recently tried a baked version- guilt free!

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