Masala Vada

Ingredients:

Makes 10 medium sized vadas

Urad dal - 1 cup
Finely chopped onions, cabbage,carrot - 1/2 cup
Finely chopped ginger (1/4"),green chillies (4),curry leaves ,coriander leaves
Peppercorns -10
Small sliced coconut pieces - 15
Salt,asafoetida for taste
Oil for deep frying

Procedure:

1.Soak urad dal overnight. Grind well in the morning with very little (may be 4 teaspoons maximum) water. Add water just to help dal to grind well.
2.Add all the chopped vegetables and other ingredients including salt and safoetida and mix well with spoon.
3.Heat oil in a frying pan. Wet both hands with water and take a lemon size dough with right hand. Place it on left palm and make a small hole using right index finger. Take the vadausing right hand and deep fry till golden brown. Crispy tasty vadas ready!

*If the dough got watery do not panic. Add some rice flour to get a consistency easy enough to make vada.