Masal Vadai

Ingredients
Channa Dal - 1/2 cup
Onion - 1 small size
Green chilly - 1 small size
Curry leaves - 1 spring
Garlic - 4 pods
Sombu - 1 tsp
Hing - generous pinch
Salt
Oil to fry

Preparation

1. Soak channa dal in water for 50 min to 1 hr. Finely chop onion and green chilly. Crush garlic pods.
2. Remove water from dal and grind to coarse texture. See below snap.
3. Mix all ingredients except oil.
4. Heat oil in pan. Make balls out of mixture. Keep one in left palm and press with right hand fingers to make vada shape. Fry in oil to golden brown color. keep flame in medium.

Note
1. You can also add 1 tsp urud dal to soak along with channa dal.
2. If you like ginger flavour a 1tsp chopped ginger.
3. Dont grind to smooth paste. Use no water or very less water while grinding.
4. Based on oil quantity fry vada in batches. More vada in less oil will make vada soggy and consume more oil as well.