Dal vada | Green Moong Dal Vada | Dalwada
 
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Dal Vada! Green Moong dal vada - Dal Wada, a delicious rainy season dish.
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Recipe type: Snakcs
Cuisine: Indian
Serves: 3 - 4
Ingredients
  • Green Moong dal – 1 cup
  • Water for soaking dal
  • Green chili – 3-4
  • Ginger – 2 inch
  • Salt – 1 tsp or more
  • Black pepper powder – ½ tsp
  • Filtered Oil for frying
Instructions ( 1 cup = 250 ml, 1 tbsp = 15 ml, 1 tsp = 5 ml)
  1. Rinse moong dal for 4 – 5 times.
  2. Soak in enough water for 5 – 6 hours.
  3. After 6 hours, drain excess water from dal.
  4. Add chopped green chilies and ginger into dal.
  5. Coarsely grind them in 3 - 4 batches.
  6. Do not add water while grinding.
  7. If required, add tbsp of water at a time.
  8. Add salt and black pepper powder in a batter.
  9. You can add garlic paste and chopped onion too.
  10. Mix well and keep it aside.
  11. Heat the oil in the iron Kadai for frying dal vada.
  12. Drop a small ball of batter to check the oil is enough hot or not.
  13. Keep flame on high, drop 10 - 12 dumplings at a time.
  14. After 1 minute slow down the flame.
  15. Fry vada on a slow flame for the next 8-10 minutes or until they turn golden on all sides.
  16. Flip them after every 1 -2 minutes, so they will be cooked evenly.
  17. Always fry fritters or vada on slow to medium flame so they will be cooked well from inside.
  18. Take them out and place them on a kitchen towel.
  19. The same way prepare all Vada.
  20. Serve hot with tea, fried chilies, and chopped onions.
Recipe by Zeel's Kitchen at https://zeelskitchen.com/recipe/dal-vada-green-moong-dal-vada-dalwada/