Vada - Sambar Vadai & Rasa vadai

Ingredients:

• 1 Cup Udad Dhal
• 4-5 Green Chilies
• 1 Pinch Asafetida
• 2 Cup Thick Arachuvitta Sambar / Arachuvitta Rasam
• ¼ cup chopped fresh coriander leaves
• 50 – 100 gms. ‘kara boondi’ to decorate
• Fried cashew nuts to decorate
• Salt
• Oil to fry

Method:

• Soak Udad dhal for 1/2 hour and grind by adding less water.
• Add salt, chopped green chilies and asafetida powder.
• Heat oil in a deep pan and make big vadas buy putting big holes in the center.
• Turn them occasionally.
• Meanwhile heat the sambar, and pour it in a deep vessel.
• Remove the vada from fire when they become golden brown.
• Put them in the Sambar / Rasam till the another set of vadas are ready to put.
• Remove these ‘Sambar / Rasa Vadas’ from the vessel and place them another plate.
• Decorate them with ‘karaboondi’, fried cashew nuts and coriander leaves.