VADAI CURRY

VADAI CURRY

For vadai
2 cups kadalai parupu
2 big onions chop fine

Method soak the dal for an hour. Then grind it roughly without adding any water. Add the chopped onions and salt. Shape them into small rounds and deep fry them.

For curry
Ingredients
4 big onions - slice them
2 whole garlic - skin them into pips
¼ kg tomato blanch , remove skin and blend
½ tsp tumeric powder
chopped coriander leaves
a pinch of sugar
enough oil
salt to taste

To Grind
1 onion
1" ginger
5 dried chillies
5 green chillies
½ tsp big seragam
3 cardamons
2 cloves
1 tbs pottu kadalai
4 pips garlic
1 tbs coriander powder
½ tsp seragam

Method
Heat oil in wok. Fry the onions and garlic. Then add the ground masala.,
Tumeric powder, a pinch of sugar and cook well
till oil rises.
Then add the blended tomato and enough water and let it boil. (You must
Add enough water ,for the vadai will swell in the liquid) Let it boil for sometime
Test for salt .Add the vadai, stir once,add the chopped coarinder leaves and remove from fire.
Serve with hot iddlis or thosai.

Note: Some people like to steam the vadais, but this is how we do it in our house.
You can even shape them like vadais and fry them, and later cut them into 4 pieces each.