Tuesday, August 24, 2010

Keerai Vadai


Soaking time - 2 to 3 hours
Prep time - 10 mins
Cooking time - 20 - 25 mins

Ingredients :

Chana Dal - 1 cup
Udat dal - 1/2 cup
Spinach ( or any green ) - 2 cups, finely chopped
Dried red chillis - 3 to 4
Black pepper - 1 tsp
Saunf / sombu / fennel seeds - 1 tsp
Onion - 1 medium, finely chopped [ I didn't use onions this time ]
Salt - as per taste
Oil - for deep frying

Procedure :

Wash and soak chana dal and Udat dal for 2-3 hours.

Grind the soaked dals along with pepper, red chillis and salt coarsely.

Add the chopped spinach, fennel seeds and onion ( if using ) to the ground dal and mix properly.

In a large wok , heat oil on medium.Make a small lemon sized ball from the dough and press between your palms gently and deep fry in the oil on medium heat till golden brown on both the sides.

2 comments:

  1. I think you can add cabbage also instead of keerai, it will be amazing. You can also grind it more finely, that variation also works well :)

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  2. True... i have tried that and it came out very well :)

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