Masal Vadai

Hello buddies 🙏🙏🙏 Vadai is a type of savoury that is deep fried in oil. There are many variants of vadai. Among that  masal vadai is a crispy crunchy one. Masal vadai also known as paruppu vadai is made out of channa dal. The ingredients for this vadai are easily available in home. For making tamil traditional meal a special one, masal vadai is a must.


Making Masal Vadai is really simple except the time it takes for soaking channa dal. Onions and fennel seeds which we add in this recipe gives a very good flavour to it. The shaping of this vadai is not a big deal. Just it needs to be flattened. We can make some variants with this masal vadai. We will see those recipes in the future posts.

Preparation Time : 10 mins
Soaking Time : 2 hours
Cooking Time : 15 mins




Ingredients
To Grind 
Channa dal - 200g
Red Chilli - 4
Fennel Seeds - 1 teaspoon
Salt

For Mixing
Onions - 2 (big)
Fennel Seeds - 1 teaspoon
Curry Leaves

Oil - for frying

Procedure

• Soak the Channa dal for 2 hours.
• Drain the water completely from the dal.
• Take a blender and add in the soaked dal, red chillies, fennel seeds and salt
• Grind it coarsely. Don't make a fine paste because, vadai won't be crunchy with a fine paste.
• Take it out in a bowl and add in the chopped onions, chopped curry leaves and whole fennel seeds.
• Mix well.
• The above said ingredients gives a beautiful aroma to the vadai.
• Now time to make vadai. 
• Make small balls and flatten it by pressing it in hands.
• Heat oil in a kadai for deep frying.
• Fry the shaped vadai in batches.
• Let it get fried till the color changes to brown.
• Taste one, it has to be crispy and crunchy.

Enjoy the simple masal vadai. Make it for lunch or as a evening snack. Please try it and share your comments.