Masala Vada

INGREDIENTS:

1. Channa dal - 2 cups
2. Cinnamon sticks - 2
3. Besan - 1/2 Cup
4. Onions - 1 Large
5. Green Chillies - 3 to 4
6. Dry red Chillies - 2 to 3
7. Cilantro
8. Curry leaves - 4
9. Red chilli powder - 1 tbsp (Optional)
10. Salt

PROCEDURE:

Soak channa dal in water for at least 4 hrs. Take 1/2 qty Soaked channa dal, cinnamon sticks, dry red chilli in the mixer and make it into coarse paste. Now take the remaining 1/2 qty of soaked channa dal in the mixer and make it into fine paste.
Now mix that entire qty of paste with chopped onion, green chillies, salt (required), red chilli powder, chopped cilantro and curry leaves.
After mixing the above all ingredients well, add some besan flour to give good binding to the mix.

Dumplings:
To prepare dumplings take the mix put it between your hands and press it gently. (keep the hands wet to get dumplings without sticking to your hand). If the dumplings are breaking add some more besan to it.
Take oil in a deep frying pan and heat it, when the oil is hot enough add the dumplings in oil (don't turn dumplings to the other side immediately after adding) and fry for 2 mins on medium heat. Then turn to other side and fry them until they turn golden brown color.

DO NOT ADD WATER TO THE MIX.

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