Masoor Dal vada

Ingredients:
1. Masoor Dal (orange colored lentils) : 2 cups
2. 1" piece ginger
3. 2-3 cloves garlic
4. 2 green chillies : chopped fine
5. Quarter cup chopped cilantro
6. Oil to deep fry
7. Salt to taste
8. A pinch of turmeric
9. One small onion chopped fine
10.1 tsp garam masala

Method

1. Soak the dal overnight.


2. Grind it with the green chillies, ginger, garlic, salt and turmeric adding little water from time to time. The paste should not get watery; it should be of the consistency that you can shape them into vadas.


3. Add the chopped cilantro to this coarse paste and also the onions .


4.Shape the paste into small flat vadas and deep fry them. Drain on paper towel.

Serve hot with mint chutney.