Keerai Vadai

Ingredients:

Bengal gram dhal – 2 cups
Urad dhal - 1 tablespoon
Onion – 1 No
Red Chillies – 3 to 4 Nos
Black pepper - 1 teaspoon
Keerai (any green) chopped finely - 2 cups
Sombu – 1 teaspoon
Salt – 1 teaspoon
Oil – for deep frying

Method:

Soak the dhals in water for 4 hours. Drain the water completely. Grind it along with pepper, red chillies and salt to a coarse paste. No need to add water.

Chop onion finely. Add chopped onion, keerai to the dhal paste. Crush the sombu slightly and add to the dhal paste and mix well.

Heat oil in a kadai. Take a lemon size ball and keep it in your left palm and gently press with your right palm. Put it in the hot oil and fry till it turns golden brown.

Note: Keerai vadai can be prepared with any combination of dhals. To get a soft keerai vadai, use only urad dhal. For crispy one, only bengal gram dhal. Same way, we can add any type of keerai available, however, mulai keerai is crisp and fry well in the oil.