Ulundu Vadai

Ingredients

1. Urad dhal - 1 cup
2. Ginger - 1/2 inch bit
3. Green chilli - 1 
4. Pepper - 1/2 teaspoon
5. Cumin seeds - 1/2 teaspoon
6. Salt to taste
7. Rice flour - 1 tablespoon
8. Asaefoetida - 1/4 teaspoon
9. Curry leaves - 10 nos
10. Required oil - 3 cups
11. Chopped coriander leaves - 1 tablespoon

Procedure

• Wash and soak dhal for 2 hours
• Without adding more water grind to a soft dough for about 20 minutes.
• Add chilli, ginger, asafoetida and grind it for 3 minutes
• Add salt, pepper, cumin seed, curry leaves, coriander leaves and rice flour and mix well.
• If the vadai dough if not very lose you need not add water
• Heat the oil in deep frying pan.
• When it is hot make the dough to small orange size ball.
• Transfer the vadai to the oil slowly.
• Fry 4 to 5 vadais at one time in the oil.
• Turn them on both sides to make it golden yellow color
• Remove them from the oil and spread it on the paper towel to absord excess oil.
• Eat the vadai with coconut chutney or tomato ketchup

Sambar vadai: Add the required amount of vadai to the boiling sambar and allow it to be soaked for 5 minutes. Sambar vadai is ready to use.