Ingredients

• Urad dal – 250g
• Small onions – 10
• Green chillies – 3
• Asafoetida – A pinch
• Peppercorns – 1 tsp
• Ginger – 1
• Curry leaves – Few
• Coriander leaves – Few
• salt – Required
• oil – Required

How to Prepare

Total Preparation Time: 20-30 minutes

1. Chop the onion and green chillies, crush pepper, grind ginger well like paste, chop coriander leaves and keep them aside
2. Wash Urad dal and soak it for 6 hours in water then drain water
3. Add urad dal in grinder and grind them for 2 minutes
4. Then add 20ml water and grind them for another 2 minutes
5. Add water and grind them till it become smooth fluffy batter
6. Transfer into a bowl then add salt and mix it well
7. After that add ginger paste and peppercorns, asafoetida, green chillies, curry leaves, coriander leaves
8. Mix them well till completely mixed with batter
9. Take a hard bottomed vessel, add 300 ml oil and heats up
10. Then take a small quantity of the batter on your palm or banana leaf and lightly flattern it like a circle
11. Then use your thumb on the same hand and make a hole at the center
12. Now gently put prepared vada into the oil and do another two more vadas like this and put in oil
13. Fry them it become crispy, golden brown, then flip it and fry it for 2 minutes
14. After move these vadas into a napkin to avoid excess oil
15. Now the crispy Ulunthu vadai is ready for serve