Ingredients:

• 2 cups – Channa dal
• 3 – Shallots (finely chopped) or 1/4 – Onion
• 1/2 cup – spinach/palak (finely chopped)
• 2 – Green chillies (finely chopped)
• 1 tbsp – Ginger (finely chopped)
• 2 tsp – sombu/saunf
• 1/4 tsp – Asafoetida
• 5 – Curry leaves (finely chopped)
• 2 tbsp – cilantro/coriander leaves (finely chopped)
• Salt to taste
• Oil

Method:

1. Soak channa dal for 2 hours. Drain the water and grind it to a coarse paste.
2. If you like it spicy, then add red/green chillies while grinding.
3. To the semi-ground paste, add chopped onions, palak, chillies, ginger, saunf, asafoetida, curry leaves, cilantro and salt and mix it well into a dough.
4. Grease hand with oil, make a small ball and then flatten it with your palm.
5. You can even place the dough on a wax paper or a kitchen towel and flatten the same.
6. Heat oil in a pan and fry it to golden brown on a medium flame.
7. Serve hot vadas with tomato ketchup or pudina/coriander chutney.
8. Recipe courtesy: Food for 7 Stages of Life