Medhu vadai

Ingredients:

• Urad dal – 250 g
• Green chillies – 2
• Pepper – 1 tsp
• Ginger (finely chopped) – 1 tsp
• Salt to taste
• Curry leaves – a few
• Oil for frying

Method:

1. Soak urad dal in water for half an hour.
2. After an hour, drain the water and grind the dal along with green chillies, ginger, salt and a little water to make a soft batter.
3. Once it becomes a soft batter, transfer the contents to a bowl.
4. The batter should neither be thick nor be freely flowing.
5. Grind the pepper coarsely and add to the paste along with curry leaves.
6. Heat oil in a deep bottomed pan.
7. Take a thick small plastic cover or zip lock cover and grease it with oil.
8. Dip your hands in water and take a small portion of the batter of lemon size and put it in the greased cover.
9. Dip your index finger again in water and make a small hole in the middle of the lemon sized batter like in the doughnuts and slowly transfer it into your palm and slide it in the hot oil.
10. Repeat the same procedure and add 2 or 3 vada in the vessel size and amount of oil.
11. Turn the other side and deep fry till they become golden brown.
12. Wet your palm each and every time.
13. Remove it from oil and put it in a bowl with paper towel to remove excess oil

Serve hot with coconut chutney/ sambar.

Tips: You can soak urad dal in hot water for 20 mins to half an hour in a hot pack if you run short of time.