Dal Vada / Parupu Vada

Parupu vada is a snack specially made in south India.  You can also call it the street food of south India.  Especially in Kerala you will find it at every tea stall.

In the monsoon if you are in Kerala and if it is raining, stop at any road side tea stall and try the combination of  a hot cup of tea with these vadas.  It is amazing.

I learnt it from my mother-in-law. I can never reach to that standard. It is soft from inside and crispy from outside. She made it as evening snacks. So, this time I also made it for my kids as an evening snack which they relished after their play time.

Ingredients

Channa Dal – 1 cup ( socked in water for about 5 hrs)

Onion – 1 finely chopped

Green chilly – 2 finely chopped

Ginger – 1 tsp finely chopped

Curry leaves – 10 finely chopped

Asafetida – ½ tsp

Salt as per taste

Oil to fry

Method

1.      Drain out the water completely from the soaked dal and grind it coarsely (there should be few whole dal left.  Please don’t make it into a paste.

2.      Mix all the ingredient except the oil.

3.      Take small lemon size portion of this mixture, make a small ball and flatten them between your palms.

4.      Similarly, make all the vadas and keep it on a plate to fry.

5.      Heat oil in a heavy bottom pan.  

6.      Deep fry the vada till it is golden brown( approx. 5 min)

7.      Now remove and drain the excess oil on a paper towel.