Vada curry

Ingredients:

            Chana dhal / Kadala paruppu - 1 cup ( soaked for 3 hours )

            Onion - 1/2 ( chopped )

            Tomato - 1 ( chopped )

            Green chilies - 2 ( halved )

            Coriander leaves ( chopped )

            Mint leaves ( chopped )

            Red chilies - 4

            Coconut - 1/2 cup

            Ginger - 1 inch

            Garlic - 5 pods

            Cloves - 2

            Fennel seeds - 1 1/2 tsp ( 1/2 tsp is for tempering and 1 tsp is for vada )

            Bay leaf - 2

            Cinnamon - 1

            Cardamon - 1

            Chilly powder 1/2 tsp

            Coriander powder - 1 tsp

            Salt

            Oil

Method:

             Grind the soaked dhal, along with fennel,red chilies and little salt. The batter should be a coarse 

             paste. Mix the chopped coriander leaves into the batter. In a pan add oil, heat it and fry

             them like small pakoda.

             In the same oil add fennel seeds, cloves, cardamom, bay leaf. Now add onion, green chilly, tomato,

             mint, fry well.

             Grind the coconut, garlic, ginger as a fine paste. Add this into the pan. Mix well. Put chilly powder,

             coriander powder, salt. Add some water, let it boil. Once the gravy started to thick, add the 

             pakoda, we already made.

             Serve with idly, dosa, utthappam, set dosa, etc