Savoury Vadai

I would like to wish all my  readers , friends and colleagues celebrating Divali or known as Deepavali over here in Malaysia  " Happy Deepavali " .  I know I am a bit early in wishing all of you this but I am in the mood to start the celebration early with you :)
To celebrate together with my Indian friends I made some Vadai  for our snack . Vadai ( pronounced as Va - dey )  is a traditional South Indian food usually served as a morning food . It is made from dal lentils , soak and grind into a wet paste and subsequently mixed with sea salt,  chopped onions, red chillies , curry leaves and fennel seeds. You can either shaped it like a dough nut or just make a ball and deep fried in hot oil. The end result should not be oily if it is prepared correctly , for the steam build up within the vadai pushes all the oil away from within the vadai.


















Vadai are preferably eaten freshly fried while it is still hot and crunchy and eaten together with coconut chutney and sambar .  I love South Indian food and Daddy and I would indulge in South Indian food very often for our Saturday lunch. Anyway back to this Vadai,  my colleague bought the ready to mix dal lentil paste from an Indian shop in Buntong  for me and all I have to do is to add onions, fennel seeds, chilli and curry leaves and salt . Deep fried them and tada.... a plate of  aromatic vadai served for our snacks. Crispy on the outside and soft and fluffy on the inside with every bite so flavorful that we can't stop snacking .