Uddina Vada

Ingredients

1. Urad dal  - 1 cup
2. Cumin Seeds – tsp
3. Chopped green chilly – 1 tsp
4. Crushed pepper – 1 tsp
5. Crushed Coconut  - 1 tsp
6. Rice flour – 2 tsp
7. Salt to taste
8. Oil for deep fry
9. polythene sheets - 2

Method

1. Soak Urad dal for an hour
2. Drain water and grind to a smooth and thick paste
3. Add cumin seeds, crushed pepper, crushed coconut, chopped green chillies and salt
4. Add rice flour and mix
5. Moist hands with water and make balls from this thick paste
6. Grease polythene sheets with water
7. Keep this ball over one polythene sheet, cover this with another sheet. Press this gently
8. Meanwhile keep the oil in low flame
9. Remove the uncooked vada slowly from the sheet, make a small hole in the middle and drop this into oil
10. Deep fry till it turns to golden brown
11. Serve hot with chutney or sambar