Spicy Seeyam

Evening Snacks

Ingredients:


Idly batter – 2 cups

Channa dal – 1 tbl spn soaked for 20 mins

Red chilli powder – 2 tbl spoon

Salt – as per taste

Hing – ½ spoon

Baking soda – 1 pinch

Mustard seeds – ½ spoon

Oil – for deep fry

Preparation:


In idly batter add hing, soaked channa dal, salt, red chilli powder and baking soda mix well.

Then temper mustard oil and pour on idly batter mix.

Heat a wide pan add oil heat it.

In a ladle take the mixed batter and pour it in hot oil and fry it.

Serve with coconut chutney.

Urad Dal Pepper Vadai/ Thattai

Black urad dal is one of the richest sources of proteins and Vitamin B. Urad dal is also good for women as it has iron, folic acid, calcium, magnesium, potassium which makes it a healthy pulse. For those who do not eat meat or fish, have black gram as it is rich in protein which is much required by the body. It is a protein-rich dal for vegetarians. For those who do not eat meat or fish. For strong bones and a healthy body, have urad dal.

ingredients:

whole black urad dal – 1 cup

Pepper corns – 1table spoon

Jeera seeds – 1 table spoon

Salt – as per taste

Hing – ½ tsp spoon

Rice flour – 2table spoon

Oil – for deep fry

Ghee – 1 tbl spoon

Plastic sheet - 1

Preparation:

Soak urad dal over night apx 8 hrs, then strain water completely. Then add it in a mixer jar and grind it into thick paste and coarsely without adding water.

Then grind jeera and pepper into coarse powder.

In a wide plate add the urad dal paste, rice flour, hing, water, jeera pepper powder, salt and ghee, mix well like a chapathi dough. And make the dough into small balls .

Spread the plastic sheet apply some oil , then take the ball and place it on the sheet, apply some ghee in your fingers and tap the balls and spread it into  thin round vada.

Deep fry the vadas one by one till it achieves crispy golden brown color.

We can store it for 1 week.