Last week, we were at local south Indian restaurant for a breakfast. We ordered masal vadai or paruppu vadai (Dal vada). There was lot of oil in it. (Of course, in a deep fried items oil can’t be avoided)
Due to oil, I resist myself to make vada at home. Suddenly, my son asked “why you can’t bake a vada, instead deep fry” Not a bad idea.
But, don’t want to bake the same vada batter and bake. Want to enhance bit healthier by adding Sprouted moong dal and Veggies.
It was not bad at all. The taste is pretty close to the original deep fry. But, the shape is not circle. It’s a bar shaped. As long as its taste good and healthy, who bothers the shape?
The Ingredients*** are : 1 cup of chana dal ; 1 cup of sprouted moong dal ; 1 onion chopped ; 1/2 cup of carrot & capsicum chopped ; 2 green chilies ; 2 tsp of salt ; 1 small piece of ginger ; 3/4 tsp baking soda.
***Please find below the ingredients name in English and Tamil at the end of this post)
Procedure : Soak chana dal in water for 2-3 hours and drain the water. Grind channa, moong, ginger, green chili, coarsely. Add the onion, chopped carrot & capsicum, salt, baking soda and mix well. Allow it to stand for about 10 – 15 minutes.
Transfer the mixture into a greased baking tray and spread evenly for about ¼” thickness.
Bake in the preheated oven at 180°C, for about 15-20 minutes or till top is golden brown. Cut into 1" squares.
Can be consumed with tomato ketchup or even sprinkled with chaat masala. I just eat without anything with chai.
*** Chana dal (Hindi) = Bengal gram (English) = கடலை பருப்பு
Green Moong dal (Hindi) = Green gram whole (English) = பாசிப் பருப்பு
