Masool Dal Masal Vadai/Masoor Dal Fritters

Have you ever tried masal vadais with Masoor dal aka red lentils, if not you should give a try. I was very much bored of dishing out some fritters with usual channadal and Urad dal. Last week when i went to Indian grocery, i grabbed a packet of whole masoor dal. Though i bought the packet of whole masoor dal to make dal or pulao with it, i couldnt resist to make some crispy vadais with them. Since i picked Sankranthi Special as theme for this week's blogging marathon, i seriously want to prepare some crispy vadais out of those protein rich dals.

This whole masoor dal works awesome for making these vadais. A festival treat is not complete without some crispy vadas. Prepared either with urad dal or channadal or else with a combination of different dals, vadas have their important place in a festival foods. With loads of onions, trust me these crispy vadas are seriously very addictive to munch. These vadas goes awesome as side dish as well as an excellent evening snacks when served along with some spicy chutney. Make these crispy vadas if you are craving for something crispy for your snacks.

2cups Whole masoor dal (soaked for three hours)
1no Onion (chopped)
2nos Green chillies (chopped)
1tsp Ginger (chopped)
Few Curry leaves
2nos Garlic cloves
1/2tsp Fennel seeds
Salt
Oil for deepfrying

Grind the whole masoor dal,garlic cloves,fennel seeds as coarse paste without water, if its too hard to grind,just sprinkle some water.

Add the chopped onions, chopped green chillies, chopped ginger pieces, curryleaves and salt, mix everything well.

Meanwhile heat the oil for deep frying, take a small ball from the grounded masoordal mixture, flat them in your palms and gently drop them in hot oil.

Fry them until they get well cooked, strain the excess of oil with a paper towel..

Serve hot with spicy coconut chutney.

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