Parippu(Daal) Vada/Lentil Fritters

Parippu Vada/Lentil Fritters

This is a very popular south Indian evening snack. It is a simple and easy to make snack.This is a great accompaniment to tea!

Ingredients & Measurements Used

• 1/2 cup Peas daal
  
• 1/4 cup Chana daal
  
• 1 onion /9-10 small onion
  
• 3 green chllies
  
• 1/2 inch ginger
  
• 1 strand curry leaf
  
• 7-8 Dried Red chllies
  
• 1/2 tsp asafoetida powder
  
• salt 
• Coconut oil (for frying)
  

Method

1.  Soak the Peas daal and Chana daal together for at least 2 hours.
2. After that drained it well and keep it aside.
3. Crush the onion,green chilies,ginger ,curry leaves and red chilies in a food processor.
4. Keep the mixture in a bowl.
5. Now grind the soaked and drained daal in a blender or food processor into a coarse paste.Try not to add any water .
6. Mix the daal paste with the crushed spices.
7. Now add the asafoetida powder and salt into the paste and mix well.
8. Mixture for vadas are ready.
   
   
   
9. Prepare an aluminium foil or baking paper sheet to keep the vadas before frying.
10. Now wet your hand with some water and take a small lemon size daal mixture and make a ball ,and put it in the middle of the palm and gently press with the other palm.
    
11. Then gently transfer the vada from the palm to  an aluminum foil or baking paper.
12. Repeat this for all  daal mixture.
13. Now heat a pan with some oil.
14. When the oil becomes hot,gently transfer the vadas with a spatula to the pan and fry until it becomes golden brown in color.
    
15. Try to keep the heat slow while frying.
16. Yummy and Spicy Parippu vadas are ready!