Mixed Dal Vada
Recipe prepared by Smt Jhansi Lakshmi
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Article written by Lakshmi Aparna
Mixed dal vada is a blend of black gram (urad dal, minapappu), polished green gram (moong dal, peasarapappu) and bengal gram (chane ki dal, senagapappu). This is a snack item as well as breakfast dish. Here are the step by step instructions.
Soaking time: 4 hours (4 hours for black gram, 1 hour for bengal gram, 1/2 an hour for green gram)
Preparation time: 10 minutes
Cooking time: 20 minutes
Course: A breakfast / Snack
Serves: Makes 20 -25 vadas
1 bowl measurement: 250 ml
Ingredients
Bengal gram (Senagapappu), Black gram or black gram whole (minapappu or minapagundlu), green gram (pesarapappu): 1 bowl each
Onions chopped: 1 bowl, chopped green chillies: 2-3
Coriander leaves (kothimeera): 1 bowl
Ginger (allam): 1 cm, green chillies (pachimirapa): 3-4
Salt: 1 tbsp or as required
Oil: To fry
Procedure
Step 1: Soak bengal gram, black gram and green gram for 4 hours. Filter water from soaked pulses
Step 2: Keep aside 2 tbsp of soaked dals each. Blend remaining dals into medium thickness by adding 1 tbsp salt, 1 cm ginger and 4 green chillies
Step 3: Now add soaked dals (which was kept aside) to the dough
Step 4: Mix the dough with chopped onions and green chillies in a mixing bowl
Step 5: Take a small quantity of dough. Make small round in shape with the mixture on a water coated food grade cover. Put a hole in the middle of round shape (optional)
Step 6: Pre heat oil, fry them in high flame till golden brown color on both the sides
Step 7: Take them out with an oil strainer
Keep them on oil absorbing food sheet or paper. Serve hot :)
Mixed dal vada tastes good with a combination of mango pickle, coconut chutney, groundnut chutney, ridge gourd chutney, ginger and green chilly pickle
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