Ulli Garelu / Medu Vada

Ingredients:-


Whole Urad dal-2 cups
Green chillies -3 nos (chopped)
Ginger-1 inch pieces (chopped)
Onion-1 (finely chopped)
Cumin seeds-2 tsp
Salt to taste
Oil- for deep frying


Method:-

Soak urad dal for 2 hours.

Wash and strain the water from the dal and grind to a paste.Add little water and grind into smooth paste.

When the paste is smooth add salt while grinding to a fluffy paste.Now transfer into a bowl.

Then add chopped onions,chopped ginger,cumin seeds and green chillis to the batter and mix well.

Take a deep frying pan and add enough oil for deep frying and the oil should be really hot.

 Wet your hands with water and take a lemon sized ball and flatten it into a vada on a wet plastic cover or in u
r plam and make a hole in the center of the vada so that it cooks evenly all over.

Slowly drop it into the hot oil carefully and fry it on both sides on medium heat to a golden brown color.

Remove vadas form oil and place on paper to remove excess oil.

Serve it hot.