Dal Fritters (Parippu Vada)

 

Ingredients

2 Cups of Masoor Dal or Chana Dal
1 Large Red onion OR 5-10 Shallots
2-3 Green Chillies
4-5 Dried Red Chillies
2-3 tbs Maldives Fish medium pieces
1/2 tbs Chili flakes
5-10 Curry leaves
1-2 tbs All purpose Flour if necessary
Pinch of Turmeric powder
1 tsp Salt (To taste)
Oil for frying

Step 1

Soak the dal in water for about 3-4 hours.

Step 2

Wash the dal well & drain the water.

Step 3

Take off  3-4 tbs of dal to another bowl & set aside. Take the rest of the dal and grind till it gets coarse paste. Do not add water.

Step 4

Take the ground paste and add the the dal which was kept aside. Mix all together.

Step 5

Add rest of the ingredients except all purpose flour. Mix it all. If the mixture is too watery, add all purpose flour to get the right consistency.

Step 6

Wet your hands & make medium size balls off the mixture. It depends the size of vada you are going to make. Flatten the dal mixture on your palm and make it round.

Step 7

Heat oil in a pan and deep fry the vada until it gets nice brown color.

Step 8

Serve it with kochchi (Bird eye chili) Sambol.

Hope you’ll enjoy!