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Oct 20, 2014

CHANADAL VADA / MASALA VADA

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Recipe Highlights
One of the best evening snack.
Ingredients Cooking Time : 15 Mins
Chanadal – 1 cup
Redchilli –2 to 3
Hing – a pinch
Onion – 1/2
Curry leaves – 1 sprig
Ginger – small piece (Optional)
Salt - to taste

Method
Step :1
Wash the chana dal and soak it for 4 to 5 hours.Drain the water.
Add chanadal,redchilli,hing ,ginger and salt to a blender and grind it coarsely then transfer it in a bowl.Don’t add water for grinding.If it’s hard to grind then sprinkle little water.
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Step 2:

Chop the onion and curry leaves add it with the chanadal mixture.
Flatten  vada ball on your palm and do it for the remaining mixture.
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Step 3:

Heat oil for deep frying.put a drop of this mixture and check whether the oil is hot or not.
If the drop of the dal comes to the surface of the oil immediately, then the oil is hot. Otherwise, heat the oil for some more time.Put them into the oil.
When the color of a masala vada changes, flip it.
When both the sides turn to light golden brown, turn the heat to low and remove it from the pan and transfer it into the kitchen paper towel.
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Masala vada / Chana dal vada is now ready to serve with your favorite chutney.
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MUNTHIRI KOTHU / GREEN GRAM DUMPLINGS

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Recipe Highlights
One of the easiest and healthiest festival sweet.
Ingredients Cooking Time : 45 Mins
Whole green gram – 2 cup
Shredded coconut – 1/2 cup
Cardamom powder – 2 teaspoon
Sesame seeds – 2 teaspoon
Palm Sugar / Karupatti – 2 1/2 cup
Water – 2 cup
For Outer Layering Rice Flour – 1 / 2 cup
All Purpose Flour /Maida – 2 teaspoon
Salt – as needed

Method
Step :1
Dry roast the green gram  till it smells good.It takes 5 minutes.Let them cool for some time.
Then Dry roast the sesame seeds and keep it aside.It takes less than 30 seconds.
Dry roast the coconut , till it gets a golden brown finally add cardamom powder.
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Step 2: 

Grind the green gram first and sieve it.Then grind the coconut,sesame seeds and cardamom and mix it with green gram.
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Step 3:

Take another pan bring water and palm sugar to boil and when the palm sugar dissolves, strain them.
Mix it with green gram mixture little at a time and make small balls.
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Step 4:

Take a bowl,add rice flour,all purpose flour and salt and little water,mix well.The consistency should be like a thin dosa batter.
Heat oil for deep frying
Take the balls and dip it in the flour mixture and put it in the hot oil.Flip and fry for  a minute.
Take it out and keep it in a kitchen towel and store it in a air tight container.
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Munthiri Kothu is now ready to serve.
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