Ingredients

• 1/2 cup - channa dal
• 1/2 cup - bread crumbs
• 3 - medium potatoes
• 1 - medium onion
• 1/2 cup - fenugreek leaves
• 5 to 6 flakes - garlic
• 3 to 4 - green chillies
• 1 tsp - chopped ginger
• 1 tsp - lemon juice
• 1 tbsp - oil
• Asafoetida and turmeric for seasoning
• Mustard
• Sugar to taste
• Salt to taste

How to Make Dal-batata vada

• Soak the channa dal for 5-6 hours and grind it coarsely.
• Also grind chillies, garlic and ginger coarsely
• Heat oil and splutter mustard to it
• When it starts to splutter, add a pinch of asafoetida, turmeric and the chilli-garlic masala and fry it for a little while
• Add onion and fry it for a couple of minutes
• Add chopped fenugreek leaves and fry it for 2 minutes
• Add chopped potatoes, salt, sugar and lemon juice and mix it well and keep it aside
• Mix ground channa dal with batata bhaji
• Make some balls, coat them with bread crumbs and fry it in oil until it is golden in colour