- Whole urad dal - 1/2 cup
- Black pepper - 1 tsp
- Rice flour - 2 tbsp
- Salt - as required
- Oil - enough for frying
Method :
Soak the urad dal in water for 1/2 an hour. Drain the water completely and put the da in l colander [ vadi koodai ] to drain the water completely. Then grind the dal along with pepper and salt, without adding water. While grinding if needed add a tbsp of water, do not grind smoothly grind it coarsely and thick. Then mix rice flour to that. Then take a plastic cover grease it with oil. Mean time keep oil in a kadai for frying. Take a very small lemon size of dough ad place it in a centre of the paper. Place another greesed paper on it and place a flat based vessel [ use davara ] and press to get even roundels. Use your fingers further more make it thin. The more thinner vadais the more crisper it will be. Carefully take out the plastic which we kept on the top. Place a hole in the center of the vadai. Greese your hands before that. Ensure the oil should not be smoking hot. Keep the flame to medium low while frying. When the vadas become golden brown take it out from the oil Drain the excess oil . Store it in a air- tight container.
