Ingredients

• 2 cups - channa dal
• 3 - shallots (finely chopped) or 1/4 - onion
• 1/2 cup - spinach/palak (finely chopped)
• 2 - green chillies (finely chopped)
• 1 tbsp - ginger (finely chopped)
• 2 tsp - sombu/saunf
• 1/4 tsp - asafoetida
• 5 - curry leaves (finely chopped)
• 2 tbsp - cilantro/coriander leaves (finely chopped)
• Salt to taste
• Oil

How to Make Palak Parupu Vadai

• Soak channa dal for 2 hours. Drain the water and grind it to a coarse paste.
• If you like it spicy, then add red/green chillies while grinding.
• To the semi-ground paste, add chopped onions, palak, chillies, ginger, saunf, asafoetida, curry leaves, cilantro and salt and mix it well into a dough.
• Grease hand with oil, make a small ball and then flatten it with your palm.
• You can even place the dough on a wax paper or a kitchen towel and flatten the same.
• Heat oil in a pan and fry it to golden brown on a medium flame.
• Serve hot vadas with tomato ketchup or pudina/coriander chutney.
• Recipe courtesy: Food for 7 Stages of Life