Vadai

Ingredients:

Whole Urad Dal / Vellai Ulundu – 250 gms
Rice ( uncooked ) – 3 tblspn
Onion – 1 finely chopped
Green Chilli – 3 finely chopped
Ginger – 2 tblspn finely chopped
Curry leaves – 1 handful finely chopped
Salt to taste
Oil for deep frying

Method:

Soak Urad dal and rice together for 4 hours. Now drain it and grind in a blender to a very smooth paste. Add little water as needed to make a smooth paste. Tranfer this to a mixing bowl and set aside.

Now add onions, green chilli, ginger, curry leaves in this and mix well.

Take a small portion out of this and flatten it with your hands. Make a small hole in the center and drop in hot oil. You can also use a plastic sheet to make this (refer picture)

Fry this till golden brown and drain in a paper towel.

Serve with chutney and sambar.