Mini Vada Recipe | Small Paruppu Vada

Mini vada is one of the favorite tea time snack at home. We used to buy this from the nearest shop. But its quiet difficult to get them from there, as this vada will be all finished up in  no time. So I thought of making this at home. It is so easy to make and tastes better and be amazed of what you made. Don't you love cooking when the recipe is as simple as this? Even if you do not love paruppu vada, you will definitely love this mini vada. I promise the plate will never comeback with some pieces in it.

Mini Vada Recipe

Ingredients:

Channa dal / Kadalai Paruppu - 1/2 cup

Small Onion - 3

Salt - to taste

Oil - to deep fry

To grind:

Ginger - small piece

Garlic - 4

Fennel seeds / Perumjeeraham - 1 tsp

Red Chilli - 2

Method:

Soak Channa dal for 2 hours. Drain the water and grind it to a coarse paste without adding water. Transfer it to a bowl.

Now grind the ginger, garlic, fennel seeds and red chilli. Add this to the ground Channa dal along with chopped onion and salt.

Heat oil in a deep frying pan, drop a small gooseberry sized ball.

When it turns golden brown color, transfer it to a serving plate.

Serve with hot tea.

Note:

•  Ingredients listed to grind is very important. They give the taste.

Pictorial:

Keep your ingredients ready

Grind red chilli, garlic, fennel seeds and ginger into a coarse paste

Soak dal for 2 hours

Drain the water, take them in a blender and coarsely grind them along with ground chilli ginger garlic paste

Take the dal in a bowl and add chopped onions and salt to taste

Make small balls and keep aside

Heat oil to deep fry, carefully drop the balls in it

When one side is cooked turn to the other side to cook

When it becomes slightly brown remove from oil

Its ready!