Crispy Methi Vada

Crispy Methi Vada / Tasty Chana Vada with Methi Leaves

Methi is a healthy winter green veggie which we should cook in different ways to make our daily food tastier and nutritious . Vada is a south Indian snack and it becomes more tasty mixed with methi leaves . The recipe is very simple and easy . Crispy snack with a cup of tea makes the winter days more enjoyble and lively .

COOKING TIME 1/2 hour [ 4 hours for soaking ] SERVES 4

INGREDIENTS

Chana dal 1 cup

Methi 1 cup [ washed and cut ]

Onion 1 small onion cut finely

salt as per taste , ginger grated 1' , 1 -2 green chilly , pisi saunf 1/2 tsp , hing

METHOD

• soak chana dal in water for 4 hours .

• cut onion finely .

• wash and cut methi leaves .

• after 4 hours , drain the water and seive in a chalni .

• put it in the mixie . add grated ginger and green chilly .

• pulse the mixie 4-5 times without water to blend the dal coarsely .

• take out the coarsely blended dal in a bowl .

• add methi leaves and finely cut onion to the chana dal

• mix salt , pisi saunf , hing .

• mix every thing well with the hand .

• make small balls by pressing and make flat shape of vada

• heat oil in the kadai .

• fry on meduim gas till crisp .

• serve with green chutney or sauce .

• you can keep them in the fridge after single fry for 15 days . deep fry them after defrosting them .

• enjoy tasty crispy methi vada .

STEP BY STEP OF MAKING METHI VADA

1. soak chana dal for 4-5 hours .

2. cut and wash methi leaves .

3. cut onion finely .

4. after soaking , seive dal in a chalni and put in the blender .

5. add green chilly and grated ginger also .

6. pulse the dal coarsely 3-4 times without water .

7. take coarsely blended dal in a bowl .

8. add methi and onion also .

9. add salt hing and pisi saunf also

10. mix well and make shape of vada by pressing .

11. heat oil in the kadai . put 3-4 vada at a time

12. fry on meduim gas till crisp .

13. serve tasty crispy methi vada with green chutney or sauce or sweet chutney .