Uzhunnu Vada

Preperation Time: 45-50 min

Ingredients:
Urad Dal (Whole) - 2 cups
Baking Powder - 1/2 tsp
Shellots - 1/2 cup
Green Chilli - 5-7 nos
Ginger - a small piece
Curry Leaves
Salt for Taste
Oil

Preperation Method:
1) Soak Urad Dal for atleast 1-2 hrs. Then grind the Urad Dal (without adding water) into a fine paste.
2) Mix chopped green chillies, shellots, curry leaves, ginger, salt and baking powder well with the ground Urad Dal in a bowl. Keep mixing this mix with hand for atleast 3-5 minutes so that all the components come together and the dough gets well aerated.
Note - One you complete mixing, then take some water in a bowl and put some dough mix into it. If the dough remains afloat and intact without spreading in water, then it is ready for frying.
3) Heat oil in a pan.
4) Then, dip your hand in plain water, take some ground mix in your hand and roll the mix in your hand to make a round shape. Then make patties out of this and make a hole in the middle.
5) Deep fry this in Oil until it turns goden brown in color.

Serve the crispy and hot Uzhunnu Vada with Coconut Chutney and Sambar :-