Ingredients:

• Soak
• 200 g – Toor Dal
• 200 g- Channa dal (1:1 ratio)
• 100 g – Moong dal
• 50 g- Dried Peanuts
• 50 g – Almonds
• 50 g- Urad Dal
• Soak all dals for 1 hour.
• 3 – 4 – Red Chillies
• 1 tsp – Asafoetida
• 2 sprigs – Curry leaves
• Salt to taste
• Onions -1-2, finely chopped
• Green peas – 50 g
• Ginger – 1 small piece, scraped
• Fried cashews (optional)- 5-8

Method:

1. Soak all the dals for 1 hour.
2. Then coarse grind all the dals, with little water along with 3 or 4 red chillies, asafoetida, curry leaves and salt in a mixer or a food processor.
3. Now mix the ground dals with finely chopped onions, green peas, finely scraped ginger and the fried cashews .
4. Make small flat rounds of the mixture on your palm and keep aside.
5. Heat oil for deep frying in a pan and drop these rounds in the hot oil slowly and fry until brown on both the sides.
6. Remove the vadas and place in a paper towel to remove excess oil.
7. Serve hot with chutney.

Recipe courtesy of Latha