ULUNDU VADAI(Urid dhal vadai)

INGREDIENTS:

Urid dhal             1cup

Ginger                  1/2" Bit

Green chili           1

Pepper                   1/2 Teaspoon

Cuminseed             1/2 Teaspoon

Salt                         To taste

Rice flour               1 Tablespoon

Asafoedita               1/4 Teaspoon

Curry leaves            10 nos

Refined oil              3 cups

chopped corianderleaves 1Tablespoon


PROCEDURE:

Wash and soak Dhal for 2 hours.Without adding more water Grind it to a soft dough for about 20 minutes  .Add chili,ginger Asafoedita, and grind it for 3 minutes. Now add salt,pepper, cuminseeds, curryleaves and coriander leaves and rice flour and  mix well. If dough is not very loose, you need not add water.  Heat the oil in deep frying pan,When it is hot make the dough to small orange size ball. Take a plastic sheet of your hand size and put the dough and flatten it to 1" thick, press a hole in the center,transfer the vadi to the oil.slowly. Like this put 4-5 vadais in oil at a time.and fry them to golden yellow colour.by turning them slowly both the sides. Remove when it is doneand spread them to a plate layered with a paper towelto absorb excess oil from the vadai. You can serve vadai with coconut chutneyor coriander chutney or tomato ketchup.