Minapa Garelu/vada

ingredients:

Minapa pappu/Urad dal 2cup

Green chilli finely chopped 3

Onion chopped 1

Cumin seeds/jeera 1/2tsp

Salt to taste

Curry leaves 15

Cilantro/Coriander leaves finely chopped 2tsp
Ginger finely chopped 1/2tsp

Oil for deep frying

Preparation:

1. Wash and soak urad dal for 3-4 hours, drain the water, grind as a thick paste by adding salt, don't add water while grinding.

2. Now add finely chopped onion, green chilli, curry leaves, coriander leaves, cumin seeds, ginger mix well keep aside.
3. Now heat sufficient oil in a pan for deep fry.
4. Take a small ball size urad dal mixture and place it on wet plastic sheet, flatten it as a circle shape, make a hole in the middle with your finger.
5. Now carefully lift it and drop vada in hot oil, fry vada until golden color, remove from flame(for each batch you can fry 4 vada depends on pan size).
6. Serve hot with coconut chutney.



Minapa garelu with chicken curry is the best combination.....