Ama Vadai:

 

Ingredients required:

Toor dhal:one cup

Urad dhal:Half a cup.

Channa dhal:Half a cup

Ginger :one small piece

Green chillies:Three

Red chillies:Three/four

Asafotita;one teaspoon

Salt :to taste

Grated Coconut:Half a cup

Cashew nuts(optional):50 gms

Oil    :to fry the vadas

Curry leaves,a few

 

How to make:

Take toor dhal and urad dhal together wash several times and soak together in water.Wash the channa dhal similarly and soak separately in a vessel The dhals should be soaked for about two hours.Grate the ginger piece or cut into small pieces and keep aside.Wash and cut the curry leaves into fine pieces.Split the cashew nuts into small sizes and keep aside.Strain the water from the toor dhal and urad dhal,soaked together.Add the ginger,chillies,and salt,grind in the mixi ,into a coarse,thick  paste,adding water,little by little.Strain the water from the channa dhal, soaked. Add it to the toor and urad dhal ground into a paste,add the grated coconut,cashew nuts and the curry leaves.Mix very well.Take oil in a kadai and heat it on medium flame.(If the flame is kept high,the vadas may turn brown fast,they wont be cooked inside,the paste will remain uncooked).Take a pan leaf,make the vada mix into small balls,keep a ball on the pan leaf/plastic sheet,press it lightly and put it in the oil to be fried.When the bottom side becomes brown,slowly turn to the other side,remove from the kadai.Repeat the process till all the vadas are made.