Ingredients:

  • 2 cup chana dal
  • 1 cup walnuts
  • 1 cup onions, finely chopped
  • 4-6 green chilies
  • 1 teaspoon fennel seeds
  • 2-3 curry leaves
  • Coriander leaves, according to taste
  • 1 teaspoon chopped ginger
  • Salt, as per taste
  • A small pinch of asafoetida

Preparation:

  1. To a bowl, add chana dal and water.
  2. Soak the dal for 3 hours.
  3. Strain the soaked chana, take a handful of the same and keep it aside.
  4. Put the rest in a mixer jar.
  5. To the mixer jar, add walnuts, fennel seeds and salt.
  6. Grind these into a coarse mixture without adding water.
  7. Transfer the ground mixture into a bowl.
  8. To this, add finely chopped onions, green chilies, ginger, asafoetida, curry leaves and coriander leaves.
  9. Mix everything well.
  10. Check for seasoning and add salt if required.
  11. Now add the whole soaked chana dal kept aside and a few chopped walnuts.
  12. Combine this mixture evenly for the Vada batter and keep it aside.
  13. Pour some oil for deep frying in a kadai.
  14. Heat the oil and maintain the flame on medium.
  15. Take the vada batter, prepare the vadas and gently drop them into the kadai.
  16. Fry the vada until they are golden brown in colour.
  17. Serve them hot with chutney and some hot tea by the side.