Monday, January 6, 2014

4. Dill leaves chana vada/ kadle bele vade


Chana vada is a wonderful snack for tea time, easy to prepare..

Method 
1.Soak the chana dal (kadlebele) at-least for 3 hours, drain the soaked chana dal and grind to a rough paste. ( little granular coarse paste as shown in the image), please don't add water. chana dal measurement upto you. 


2. Ingredients

3 spicy green chilly 
2 table spoon cumin seeds 
salt to taste 
2 tbsp of ginger paste / 1" length fresh ginger
dill leaves
curry leaves 
coriander leaves 
onions optional ( if u want add fresh onions chop oni

3. Take a  mixer jar, add green chilly,  cumin seeds, little salt and ginger, grind fine paste. (don't add water)

4. take this paste into a bowl add grinded chana dal paste, add chopped curry leaves,  coriander leaves, and dill leaves,  mix well. leave this vada batter for 5 minutes.

5. Heat oil in a deep pan until medium heat, when oil is heat take a vada batter make a small ball and flatten slightly on your palm then slide it into hot oil carefully, slide 4 to 5 vadas or pan capacity, fry them both sides  until golden brown. spread vadas on a paper towel or a tissue, let it absorb little oil content . 

then serve this vada with tea or cofee... :) 
Mixed Batter 

slide 4 to 5 vadas 

Golden brown color vadas