Ingredients:

• 1/2 – cabbage, small size
• 2 to 3 tbsp – shredded Coconut
• 3/4 cup – Toor Dal
• 3/4 cup – long grain raw Rice
• 2 tbsp – Red Chilli powder
• Tamarind – small piece
• A pinch of Turmeric
• Salt to taste
• Oil for deep frying.

Method:

1. Soak rice and toor dal in water for a couple of hours.
2. Wash, rinse and drain the rice, keep aside.
3. Grind shredded coconut, tamarind, dry red chillies adding a little water in an electric grinder for 3 to 4 minutes
4. To this mixture, add the pre-soaked toor dal and rice. Grind coarsely.
5. Do not add too much water while grinding.
6. The dough should be like vada dough.
7. Add salt and turmeric to this dough and remove from the grinder into a bowl.
8. Wash cabbage and cut into small thin pieces or use thin shredder to shred it.
9. Mix shredded cabbage with the vada dough and keep it for 15 minutes
10. Heat oil in a kadai. Shape balls with the mixture and press them with your right thumb once.
11. Drop into the hot oil and fry them until they turn dark red.
12. Drain and serve hot or cold.

Recipe courtesy of Chandrika