Paruppu Vadai

Ingrediants:-

• Channa Dal - 2 cups
• Onion - 1 small
• Green chillies -2 (chopped finely)
• Dry red Chillies -5 or 6
• Cumin seeds - 1 tsp
• Cloves - 4 
• Ginger - 1 medium piece
• Curry leaves -a springy red
• Hing - a pinch
• Oil
• Salt

Method:-

1. Soak channa dal and dryred chillies in water for atleast 3 hrs .Drain it completely and keep aside.
2. To the Soaked channa dal and dry red chillies add cuin,ginger,hing,curry leaves and cloves..
3. Grind this channa dal in 2 batches .Grind one batch finely and another batch coarsely just few pulses..don't add water while grinding
4. Now mix both the batches and add chopped onion ,g.chillies ,and few curry leaves (roughly chopped),salt and mix well.
5. Make even size ball out of this channa dal mixture.
6. Now heat oil in a pan for deep frying...once oil is hot flatten the balls and deep fry it.make sure to reduce the flame to medium once vadai is dropped into the oil..
7. Deep fry it till the vadai becomes brown on both sides...

Serve hot with coconut chutney and a cup of tea or coffee..

Note:-

• Make sure u drain the water from the channa dal completely before grinding it..