Ulundhu vadai II

Ulundhu  vadai  is an authentic south indian recipe.   Vadai is simple dish to make but  it involves few technique to get a perfect tasting vadai  try this out ...

Serving for 2 ( 10 small )

Ingredients

Urad dal -- 1cup

Green chili -- 4nos
 Ginger  -- 1 inch
Curry leaves -- chopped few

Chopped onion-- 1 cup
Pepper corns -- 1tsp

Boiled potato --1/2
Asafoetida.

Oil
Salt

Method

• Soak the urad dal for 1 hrs and grind it using  the  wet grinder with very little water( just to coat the uraddal) along with green chili ginger and peppercorns.
• Add the boiled potato in to the wet grinder at last  .
•  The consistency of the the ground batter should be thick so that it can be easily made into balls.
• Add chopped onion , curry leaves , salt and asafoetida. and allow it to sit for a while.
• Take a transparent sheet say ziplock cover and apply water then  place the  ball shaped batter and make it flat ,with a hole in the center.
• Heat the oil into medium heat and add the vada fry slowly until the whole vada is cooked. (in a hot oil only outer layer is cooked)
• Serve hot with Chutney. 

Tips

Dont soak the dal more than 2 hrs to avoid oil sticking to vadai
Dont refrigerate the batter as it looses the color.
Potatoes makes the vadai crispy..