Dal Vada

Ingredients list for Dal Vada

• 1½ cups Split Bengal gram (chana dal) soaked for 3-4 hours
• ½ cup Moong sprouts
• 1 medium Carrot grated
• 1 medium Onion finely chopped
• 1 tablespoon Fresh coriander leaves chopped
• 8-10 Curry leaves
• to serve Green chillies 1-2 +
• 8-10 Almonds
• 2 tablespoons Raisins
• to taste Salt
• Coconut oil for greasing and brushing
• for garnishing Fresh coriander sprigs
• Chutney
• 5-6 Almonds
• 1 tablespoon Fresh coriander leaves chopped
• 2 Green chillies
• ½ cup Scraped coconut
• to taste Salt
• 1 tablespoon Coconut oil
• 1 teaspoon Mustard seeds
• 1-2 Dried red chillies
• 4-6 Curry leaves

Method

1. Preheat air fryer to 180º C.
2. Coarsely grind together drained Bengal gram and moong sprouts in a food processor.
3. Take carrot, onion, coriander leaves and curry leaves in a bowl.
4. Roughly chop green chillies and add to carrot mixture. Roughly chop almonds and add to the bowl along with raisins, salt and ground mixture. Mix well.
5. Grease your palms with some coconut oil, divide the mixture into equal portions, shape them into balls and flatten slightly.
6. Place the vadas into the air fryer basket, fit it to the fryer and air fry for 15-20 minutes or till golden and crisp, brushing some coconut oil once in between.
7. To prepare chutney, grind together almonds, coriander leaves and broken green chillies to fine mixture.
8. Add coconut and grind. Add 1-2 tablespoons water and grind again to a smooth mixture.Transfer into another bowl, add salt and mix.
9. Heat coconut oil in a non-stick tempering pan. Add mustard seeds and let them splutter.
10. Discard the stem from dried chillies, roughly chop and remove seeds.
11. Add curry leaves and chopped chillies to hot oil. Add the tempering to coconut mixture and mix well.
    Garnish the dal vadas with coriander sprigs and serve hot with few green chillies and chutney.