Masal Vadai

Paruppu vadai or masal vadai, is a famous south Indian dhal(pulses) fritters. People have their own way of preparing this masal vadai and based on the ingredients we add the taste widely differs.
Most of my friends like my masal vadai, because of special taste. It comes from special ingredients I use.
I follow my Mom's recipe.

Ingredients:
Channa dhal - 2 cups soaked atleast for 3 hrs.
Onion - 1 cup Chopped finely
Green chillies - 3 tsp chopped finely
Ginger & Garlic - Crushed 2 tsp
Cilantro - chopped finely 1/4 cup
Curry leaves - 1 stem chopped finely
Cinnamon sticks - a small bit (half size of your index finger)
Cloves - 2 nos
Fennel seeds - 1 tsp
Salt - to taste
Chilli Powder - 1 tsp, in case if you don't want to use green chillies for the kids' sake.
Oil - for Deep frying

Procedure

• Coarse grind channa dhal along with cinnamon stick and cloves. Mix rest of the above said ingredients other than oil.

• Heat oil in a deep frying pan. Make small balls out of the mixture and flat them using your left palm and right hand fingers. 

• Drop the vadai in hot oil and deep fry them. Flip when one side is golden brown.

• Serve hot draining excess oil.
• It is one of the most welcoming snack in south Indian meal menu. 
• Enjoy vadai in different flavours like adding spinach(Keera / Spinach Vadai), or adding cabbage (cabbage vadai) or upto your imagination and taste.