South Indian Chana Dal Pakoda (Vada)
South Indian Chana Dal Pakoda (Vada)

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South Indian Chana Dal Pakoda (Vada) is one of the most favored of current trending foods in the world. It’s simple, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. It’s appreciated by millions daily. South Indian Chana Dal Pakoda (Vada) is something that I’ve loved my entire life. They are fine and they look fantastic.

It is also a street food. It is best served as an evening snack with chutney and a hot cup of tea or coffee. Chana dal vada or Masala vada is a popular South Indian tea time snack made with chana dal, spices, onions & herbs.

To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can have south indian chana dal pakoda (vada) using 13 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make South Indian Chana Dal Pakoda (Vada):
  1. Get 2 cups Chana Dal
  2. Get 2 small Onions (Chopped)
  3. Prepare 6 Green Chillies (Chopped)
  4. Take 1 Sprig Curry Leaves (Chopped)
  5. Take 2 tsp Ginger Garlic Paste
  6. Prepare 1/4 tsp Turmeric Powder
  7. Take as per taste Salt
  8. Take As required Oil
  9. Prepare for Ground Coarsely:
  10. Prepare 3 Dried Red Chillies
  11. Get 1 Inch Cinnamon
  12. Prepare 1 tsp Cumin Seeds
  13. Take 1 tsp Fennel Seeds

It is also a street food & most commonly served in tiffin centers as a evening snack with a chutney. Masala means a mixture of spices & vada is a fried lentil snack. You will love the exciting crispness of these delectable dal vadas. Made with a coarse paste of soaked chana dal perked up with onions, ginger paste and the whole traditional team of flavour enhancers and deep fried, these South Indian dal vadas have a unique, rustic texture and warm, hearty flavour that will strike a chord with most people.

Steps to make South Indian Chana Dal Pakoda (Vada):
  1. Wash the chana dal nicely till the water runs clear. Soak it in water for about 2-3 hours. Drain and set aside.
  2. In a blender, add the dried red chillies, cinnamon, cumin seeds and fennel seeds and blend to a coarse powder and set aside.
  3. Set aside 2 tablespoons of soaked chana dal. Add the remaining chana dal to a blender and pulse to a coarse mixture.
  4. Add this mixture to a bowl. Add chopped green chillies and curry leaves. Add ginger garlic paste.
  5. Add the ground masala powder and the 2 tablespoons soaked chana dal that was set aside.
  6. Add the chopped onions, turmeric powder and salt.
  7. Mix together all the ingredients. The mixture should hold shape.
  8. Heat oil in a deep frying pan on medium flame. Make balls and flatten them on a foil.
  9. Slide each vada gently into the hot oil. Do not touch till they leave the bottom and rise up. Fry few at a time. Deep fry until golden and crisp on both sides.
  10. Remove on to a kitchen paper to absorb the extra oil.
  11. Serve hot with chutney or sauce of your choice.

Chana dal vada also popularly known as Masala vada, Chattambade or Paruppu vadai is one of the popular South Indian snacks. In Karnataka (South Indian state), we call it Chattambade. It is a popular street food too. I love the aroma of freshly fried, hot & crunchy vada. You will love the exciting crispness of these delectable dal vadas.

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