Medu Vada (Urad Daal Vada)

Ingredients:

• Skinless Urad Daal ( Skinless Blackgram Daal): 1 Cup
• Finely Chopped Onion: 1/2 Cup
• Finely Chopped Coriander: 1 tbsp
• Finely Chopped Curry Leaves: 1 tsp
• Cumin Seeds: 1 tsp
• Shredded Fresh Coconut: 2 tbsp
• Grated Ginger to Taste
• Green Chillies to Taste
• Salt to Taste
• Oil to Fry

Procedure:

• Wash urad daal 2-3 times and soak in enough water for 5-6 hours.
• Grind daal to a smooth paste for long time with very very little water so that batter becomes very fluffy.
• Then add remaining ingredients to the batter and mix well. If you make vadas immediately then they will not become very oily.
• Heat oil in a kadai.
• For making vadas, wet your hand and take small portion of batter. Make a small hole at the center of the batter with a thumb then slowly put in a oil. Add 2-3 vadas in a kadai at a time.
• On medium heat deep fry these vadas from both sides till they become golden brown.
• Remove these vadas and keep them on paper towel.
• Follow this procedure for remaining batter.
• Serve these hot vadas with any chutney, ketchup or sambar.

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Chickpea Cutlets

I love healthy dishes so when I saw Mahima's Chickpea Cutlets I decided to try them. I replaced potato with sweet potato and added extra carrots, onion. We loved these cutlets. Thank you very much Mahima for sharing this recipe.

Ingredients:

• Canned Chickpeas: 1 Can
• Boiled Sweet Potato: 1 Small
• Bread Crumbs: 1/2 Cup
• Finely Shredded Carrot: 1/2 Cup
• Finely Chopped Onion: 1/2 Cup
• Minced Ginger, Garlic, Green Chillies to Taste
• Coriander Powder: 1 tsp
• Cumin Powder: 1 tsp
• Turmeric Powder: 2 Pinches
• Fresh Lemon Juice: 1 tbsp
• Salt to Taste
• Oil

Procedure:

1. Mix onion, carrot, minced ginger-garlic-green chillies, lemon juice very well & keep aside for 5 min.
2. Meanwhile drain excess water from chick peas. Mash chick peas & sweet potatoes very well. Then add onion mixture & all other ingredients except oil into it. Mix it very well.
3. Make small patties of this mixture.
4. Heat some oil in a non stick griddle. Place cutlets, drizzle few drops of oil around the corner and shallow fry them from both sides till they become golden brown.
5. Serve these cutlets with any sauce, ketchup or chutney. You can use these cutlets in sandwich too.

I am sending this entry to MBP: Kids Food , MBP: Snacks & Savouries . Three cheers for Coffee who started this wonderful event. I am also sending this entry to Tasty Bites for Toddlers , Lentil Mela, My Legume Love Affair: Nineth Helping started by Susan . This entry also goes to Recipes For Rest of Us: Picnic Eats started by Ramki of One Page Cookbooks.

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Rajma Curry

Ingredients:

• Canned Rajma: 1 Can
• Finely Chopped Onion: 1 Cup
• Finely Chopped Tomatoes: 2 Cup
• Finely Chopped Green Chillies: 3-4
• Minced Ginger - Garlic : 2 tsp
• Red Chilli Powder To Taste
• Coriander Powder: 2 tsp
• Cumin Powder: 1 tsp
• Amchur Powder (Dry Mango Powder): 1 tsp
• Finely Chopped Coriander: 1 tbsp
• Fresh Grated Coconut: 1 tbsp
• Oil: 1 tbsp
• Salt To Taste

Procedure:

• In a heavy bottom pan heat the oil. Add green chillies & fry them for 1 minute.Then add minced ginger garlic. Fry it for couple of minutes.
• Then add onion. Cook onion til they become brown. Then add chopped tomatoes. Cook them till tomato becomes very soft.
• Then add all masala powder & mix well, fry again on a medium flame for couple of minutes.
• Then add rajma into the pan. Then add salt and water as per you need. Cook this rajma for 5 more minutes.
• Garnish this Rajma with freshly grated coconut and coriander. Serve hot with rice or chapati or roti.

Note:

• If you don't have a canned rajma, you can soak rajma beans overnight & presser cooked them and then use for this curry.

This is my entry for EC's RCI: Hariyana, Susan's My Legume Love Affair : 8 , Ashwini's Lentils Mela, Rachana's A Healthy Bite events. I am sending this entry to Siri's Recipes for the rest of us : Dinner event started by Ramki