Vada

-Vada (Tamil:வடை Kannada: ವಡೆ, Telugu: వడ, Tulu: ವಡೆ, Malayalam: വട, Sinhala: වඩේ), also known as wada or vade or vadai or Bara (pronounced "vah-daa", "vah-dey", or "vah-die"), is a savoury fritter-type snack.

Vada can vary in shape and size, but are usually either doughnut- or disc-shaped and are about between 5 and 8 cm across. They are made from dal, lentil, gram flour or potato.

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Ingredients:

1/2 cup Urad Daal

1/2 cup Moong Daal

1 Onion finely chopped

1 tsp Ginger

1-2 Green Chilies finely chopped 

Salt to taste 

1/4 tsp Baking Soda

Method:

Pick, wash and soak daals for 3-4 hours.

Grind them coarsely in a blender.

Now add onions,ginger, green chilies salt and baking powder and mix well and set aside for 5 minutes.

Heat oil in a pan or kadhai and deep fry a spoonful of batter till golden

Serve with chutney as a breakfast or sambhar or rasam as a meal.