Mendu Vada

Ingredients:

Black urad dal 1 cup

Water 1/2 cup

Salt to taste

Oil for frying

2 Green chilies (cut in small piece)

Hing 1 pinch

Grind Black pepper 1tbsp

Ginger 1tbsp 

Method: 

Wash urad dal and soak it in some bowl. Put sufficient water in which pulse is completely soaked. Leave the gram pulse dip into water for at least 5 hrs. Now after 5hrs, drain water of pulse and put it in grinder. Add little amount of  water along with pulse in grinder, grind it to get fine paste. Remove grinded paste in a bowl.Then, add hing, green Chilies, black Pepper and  salt. Beat the batter along with all the spices. Take oil in pan and heat it. The flame should not high rather medium. Wet your palm and put small portion of batter on it. Create a little hole in the centre of vada (use your thumb). Put vada into heated oil. Do the same with the rest of batter. Fry it till it gets golden brown in colour on both sides and then remove it in a plate. Serve it with a chutney.