Gaarelu / Medu Vada

Ingredients:


Urad dal - 1 Cup (Soak for 3 hours)
Cumin - 1 tsb
Green chillies finely chopped- 6
Finely chopped onions - 1
Curry Leaves - Hand full
Coriander leaves - Hand full
Salt to taste
Finely chopped Ginger - 1 tsb
Cooking Soda - a pinch
Oil to fry


Method:


1) Soak Urad dal for 3 hours and grind it by adding salt and make a paste.
2) Add Green chillies,Onions,curry leaves,coriander leaves,ginger,cumin seeds,cooking soda to the paste and mix well and keep aside.
3) Heat oil in a pan to deep fry .
4) Take a damp cloth and make a ball of paste and pat it and make it flat and make a hole at the middle of it as shown in pic and carefully drop that into oil.
5) Fry it till it turns golden brown and drop it on tissue .
6) Serve hot with Pickel or Tea.