Masala Vada/ Paruppu Vadai

Ingredients:

   Channa Dhal - 1 cup

Red chillies - 6

Fennel seeds - 1 tspn

Onion - 1 medium

Curry leaves - 1 sprig

Coriander leaves - 1 sprig

 Hing - a pinch

Salt - To taste

Oil -  1 cup/as req.

Water -as req.

Method:

Soak the Dhal for 1 hr.

Grind the Dhal ,Onion,Hing,Red chillies corsely (not smoothly in any case)

Mix the chopped curry leaves,coriander leaves,salt,fennel seeds into the ground paste 

Now pour the oil into a pan for shallow fry in medium heat

Make the paste into few small balls in lime size and press it lightly in your palm 

Shallow fry the pressed balls into golden brown and turn it to the other side and make it to the same color.

Can go with curd Rice,Chutney Rice also for evening snack