Medu Vada

Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cooking Time: 20 minutes
Total Time: 30 minutes

Ingredients
Whole or Split Urad daal (Black gram) – 1 cup
Ginger- 1" piece finely chopped
Green Chillies finely chopped - 2
Salt to taste
Coarsely ground Black Pepper - 1 tsp
A pinch of Asafoetida
Oil for deep frying
Water - 1-2 tbsp

Method

• Soak urad daal in water for 3-4 hrs.

• Now, drain off the water from the daal and grind it finely in a grinder with the piece of ginger and 1-2 tbsp of water as required.

• Keep in mind, not to add too much water, otherwise the batter will become very thin.
• Take out the batter in a large bowl. Add Salt, Black Pepper, Green Chilies, and Asafoetida.
• Then, whip the batter with your hand or with a spoon to make it light and fluffy.After that, Keep it aside.
• Heat Oil in a wok on medium heat.
• Wet you hands with water and take a spoon full of batter on your palm and flatten it into round shape.

• At the center of the batter, make a small hole using your thumb.
• Gently drop the flattened round shaped batter into the hot oil. 
• Deep fry the vadas till golden brown on one side before flipping over to the other side.Now, allow the other side also to get golden brown.

• Then, remove the vadas onto a plate lined with absorbent paper to remove the excess oil.

• Repeat the process for the remaining batter.
• Medu Vadas are ready to be served with chutney or sambar.

Note: Medu Vada Maker is available in the market. You can buy that and use for making medu vadas.