Paruppu vadai (Bengal gram vada)

Paruppu vada is a south indian snack. In kerala tea shops ( kerala nair chaya kada :-P), most of the people use to have tea with this famous crispy snack - paruppu vada. But i remember the best paruppu vada i had at Tirupur railway station....Oh god it was so crunchy and yummy. Try this recipe at home and i am very sure that you will like it...

To prepare 10 vada i used the following ingredients:-

Chana dal (bengal gram) - 1/2 cup heaped, soaked for 4 hours
Dry red chilli - 2 nos
Green chilli - 2 nos, finely chopped
Onion - 1 small sized, finely chopped
Curry leaves - few, finely chopped
Fennel seeds - 1 tsp
Asafoetida (hing) - 1/2 tsp, powdered
Rice flour - 2tsp
Sodium bicarbonate - 2 pinch
Salt to taste
Oil to deep fry


Method

The more you soak the dal, the more tastier will be the vada. Put the soaked dal inside a blender alongwith the dry red chillies and make a very coarse paste out of it. DO NOT ADD WATER, NOT EVEN A DROP OF WATER. Put this dal paste in a bowl.

To it add onions, fennel seeds, asafoetida, sodium bicarbonate, rice flour, green chillies and salt. Mix it well and keep it aside for 15 minutes.

 Make 10 lemon sized balls out of the dal mix and flatten it. Heat oil in a kadai and put 2 or 3 vadas at a time and fry till it turns golden and crispy.

Place the fried vada on a paper towel, which will absorb your extra calories.....

Serve hot with tea....ummmmm