Vada
Ingredients
1 cup
Fine cornmeal
¼ cup
Jowar flour
3 Tbsps
Oil
¼ cup
Plain yogurt
1½ tsp
Green chilies
(crushed - or to taste)
1 tsp
Ginger
(crushed)
1 tsp
Salt
(or to taste)
½ tsp
Sugar
1 Tbsp
Sesame seeds
Oil
(for frying)
Instructions
1
Mix the flours together, add oil and rub.
2
Combine the remaining ingredients and make a semi-firm dough, using little water.
3
Cover and let rest for 8 hours or overnight.
4
Heat frying oil, pour 2 tbsp of hot oil in the dough and carefully bind.
5
To test, drop a teaspoonful of dough into the oil and deep-fry on medium-high heat until puffed and golden.
6
Break vada in half, it should look like honeycomb inside. If not, add a little more hot oil in the dough and mix.
7
Form little round dumplings from dough as you drop in heated oil and fry the vadas until evenly golden.
8
Remove and drain on a paper towel.