easy chana dal vada recipe | dal vada recipe | paruppu vadai
Recipe Snapshot
- Prep time: 10 minutes
- Cook time: 25 minutes
- Total time: 35 minutes
- Yield: 8 vada
- Category: Snack
- Cuisine: south indian
Ingredients
- 1 cup chana dal
- 1 inch ginger
- 2 chilli
- 1 tsp cumin / jeera
- 2 tbsp coriander (finely chopped)
- 3 tbsp dill leaves (finely chopped)
- 2 tbsp curry leaves (finely chopped)
- pinch hing / asafoetida
- ½ tsp salt
- oil for deep frying
Method
- firstly, in a large bowl soak 1 cup chana dal for 2 hours.
- drain off the water and rest for 20 minutes or until the dal drains of water completely.
- transfer the soaked & drained chana dal into mixi.
- also add 1 inch ginger, 2 chilli and 1 tsp cumin.
- blend to a coarse paste without adding any water.
- now transfer the chana dal paste to a large mixing bowl.
- further add 2 tbsp coriander, 3 tbsp dill leaves, 2 tbsp curry leaves, pinch hing and ½ tsp salt.
- squeeze and combine them well.
- furthermore, grease your hand with oil and prepare small balls, flatten the vada.
- and deep fry in hot oil.
- also stir occasionally till until the dal vada turns golden and crisp.
- finally, serve dal vada hot along with masala chai.
Kiyaan Singh’s Kitchen Note
Keep this recipe as a working base: cook once as written, then adjust spice, texture, and serving style for your own table.