Keerai vadai / Masala vadai

Ingredients

• Bengal gram/ kadalai paruppu/channa dal - 3/4 cup 
• Toor dal - 1/4 cup 
• Green chillies - 2 
• Red chillies - 3
• Onions - 2 (cut in small)
•  Hing - a pinch
•  Curry leaves - few tender ones (optional)
•  Salt to taste
  

Method

1. Soak both channa dal and toor dal for 3 hours. After 3 hrs, drain the water completely.
2. Take 1/4 cup of the soaked dal and keep it aside.
3. Now add the 1/4 cup of dal, onions and ½ cup of Green leaves. Mix everything well.
4. Green leaves (any keerai) – ½ cup
5. Grind the rest of the dal together with red chillies, green chillies, hing and salt coarsely.
6. Make equal sized balls out of the mix and flatten it.
7. Heat oil in a pan. To check if the oil is hot enough, drop a little batter into the oil, if it raises to the surface immediately, the oil is hot enough to fry the vadas.
8. Reduce the flame to medium and deep fry all the balls. Once deep fried place it in a kitchen towel to drain off the excess oil.