Keerai Vadai / Spinach vada is a popular tea time snack made out of lentils and spinach. These fritters are crispy, healthy and tastes delicious with tea. Best served with coconut chutney and sambar with a cup of hot tea.
Ingredients
- 1/2 Cup Channa dal (soaked for one hour )
- 1/2 Cup Urad Dal (soaked for one hour)
- 1 Cup finely chopped spinach ( I used palak)
- 3 dry red chillies
- 2 Green Chillies
- 1 inch piece ginger
- 4 to 5 curry leaves (optional)
- 1/2 Teaspoon cumin Seeds
- 1/2 Teaspoon Fennel Seeds
- a pinch of Hing / Asafoetida
- Oil for deep frying
- salt as required
Directions
1. Wash Channa dal serveral times
2. Wash urad dal and soak it along with channa dal for an hour
3. Take 2 tablespoons of soaked dal and keep it separately. Grind remaining dal along with red chillies, and ginger to coarse paste. Add minimum water while grinding. I just sprinkled 1 or 2 teaspoon of water while grinding
4. Add chopped spinach, finely chopped green chillies, salt, hing, curry leaves, cumin seeds, fennel seeds and mix everything together. Now add reserved 2 tablespoon of soaked dal also to the batter and mix well. Check for seasoning and add salt if required
5. Heat oil for deep frying the vada. Take about 1 tablespoon of vada batter and make a disc. Make a hole in the center of the vada. Drop the discs gently in the hot oil
6. Fry them in medium flame for 2 minutes. Using a slotted spoon, flip them and fry on the other side for 2 minutes
7. Remove from oil and drain on paper towel. Repeat the process with the remaining batter and make vadas
8. Serve vada hot
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