Curd/Thayir Vada

Ingredients :

1. Whole Black gram – 200 gm
2. Pepper - 20 nos
3. Asafoetida – A pinch
4. Grated coconut – 1 cup
5. Green chillies – 5 – 6 nos(finely chopped)
6. Dried red chillies - few
7. coriander leaves
8. curry leaves
9. Salt – As reqd
10. Mustard seeds – 1 tsp
11. Oil for deep frying vadas

Preparation method :

1) Wash the black gram well and soak it in water for about 1½ hrs.

2) Grind it to a thick paste.

3) Add salt, pepper and asafoetida and mix well.

4) Heat oil in a pan or a kadai.

5) Make vadas with a small hole in the middle and fry until golden brown.

6) Once the vadas are made, drop them in plain cold water for a minute.

7 ) Meanwhile, grind together grated coconut, green chillies and curry leaves into a thick fine paste.

8) Mix together the above paste with the curd along with salt.

9) Add seasoned mustard seeds, dry red chillies and curry leaves into it and mix well.

10) Remove the vadas from the plain water and drop them in the curd mixture.

13) Garnish with coriander leaves.

I would like to send this to Innovative-in-laws "Garnish the dish" event.