Vada/garelu - a south indian lentil doughnut

Name: Vada/garelu - a south indian lentil doughnut
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 55 min
Yield: 5
Cuisine: En
Ingredients: 2 cups Urad dal/black gram; 2 tablespoons raw Rice; 1 tablespoon Chana dal; 1 Onion, peeled and fienly chopped; 1 tablespoon Jeera/cumin seeds; 6-9 fresh Curry leaves; 2 Green chillies, deseeded and finely chopped; Salt; Oil for frying

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Very Easy

55 min

This recipe is simple and easy to prepare and ideal for the breakfeast.

Ingredients

2 cups Urad dal/black gram
2 tablespoons raw Rice
1 tablespoon Chana dal
1 Onion, peeled and fienly chopped
1 tablespoon Jeera/cumin seeds
6-9 fresh Curry leaves
2 Green chillies, deseeded and finely chopped
Salt
Oil for frying

Preparation

Preparation20 min

Cook time35 min

Combine urad dal, raw rice and chana dal. Wash throughly for 2-3 times and soak for 5-6 hours. Using a colander strain all the water from the dal and grind it to paste by just sprinkling drops of water if needed.
In a bowl mix chopped onions, green chillies, jeera, curry leaves and salt. Mix well by adding above ground paste.
Pour enough oil in a kadai or heavy bottom cooking vessel for deep frying. Slowly heat up the oil, but not too hot.
Wet your hands with oil or water and take a lemon sized ball from the batter and flatten it on a greased plastic sheet or plantain leaf to form a circle, put a hole on the center with your finger.
Slowly and carefully drop it into the hot oil and fry on both the sides on a medium flame, till the vada is nice golden in color.
Once the vada's are completely cooked take them out on a kitchen tissue/kitchen towel and repeat the process till the batter is completed.
Serve hot with coconut chutney/ peanut chutney/ sambar/ karivepaaku karam podi.