Ingredients:
- Moong dal - 3/4 cup (washed thoroughly & soaked overnight)
- Urad dal - 1/4 cup (washed thoroughly & soaked overnight)
- Yogurt - 1.5 cup
- Onion - 1 small
- Green Chiilies - 2
- Coriander Leaves - 3 tbsp
- Red chilly powder - 1/2 tsp
- Roasted cumin seed powder - 1/2 tsp
- Salt, according to taste
- Oil to fry
- Step -1
- Blend both the Moong dal and Urad Dal to a smooth consistency. Use only enough water as needed to blend.
- Add some chopped green chillies and onions to the batter.
- Whip it well using a spoon or whisk until it becomes light and fluffy. If needed add few spoons of water.
- Step -2
- Take oil in deep frying pan and place the heat on medium high.
- Place about 1 tablespoon of batter into the oil.
- Fry the vadas in small batches.
- Step -3
- After you have made all of the vadas, place the vadas in luke warm water and soak for about 20 minutes.
- Next squeeze the vadas gently to take out the water, be careful not to break the vadas.
- Step - 4
- Take two cups of yogurt in abowl and mix until very smooth.
- Add salt as needed.
- Soak all the vadas in the yogurt batter for at least twenty minutes, giving the vadas time to absorb the yogurt.
- Slowly pick up each vada and transfer into a serving dish, pouring a few spoons of extra yogurt all over the vadas.
- Just before serving, sprinkle some salt as needed, ground roasted cumin seeds, red chilly powder.
- Garnish with coriander leaves.
