Poha Urad Dal Fritters Recipe / Flattened Rice Minapa Vada – how to make Poha Urad Dal Vada

Ingredients

• 1 small cup Thick Poha/Atukulu/Rice Flakes
• 2 sp Urad Dal
• 3 Green Chillies
• 1 Onion finely chopped
• 1/2 sp Pepper Corn
• chopped Coriander Leaves
• chopped Curry Leaves
• Salt to taste
• Oil for deep fry

Instructions

1. Wash and soak urad dal for 2 hours and then grind them into a coarse paste along with green chillies and pepper corn. Transfer to a bowl and keep aside. In the meantime, wash and soak poha for 5 mins. After that squeeze the poha and add it to urad dal paste. Now add remaining ingredients (except oil) to the poha mixture.

2. Mix together to make a dough. Now divide the dough into equal lemon sized balls and keep aside. Take one ball and press it gently.

3. Heat oil in a pan on medium heat, once hot drop the prepared vada slowly into the hot oil. Fry them till light golden brown, then remove from the oil and place them on a paper towel to drain excess oil. Now poha urad dal vada is ready. Serve hot with a cup of coffee or tea.