Green Peas and Cabbage Vada

Today I am sharing you a recipe from my friend Sangee's space and made this for the first time.The vadas came out crispy and tastes excellent which is perfect for evening snack or a party starter.Here goes the recipe...........................................

Ingredients

Ingredient	Quantity
Green peas/pattani	11/2cups
Channa dhal/kadalaparuppu	1/4cup
Green chilly	4-5nos.
Garlic/poondu	4 cloves
Ginger/inji	1 inch piece
Fennel seeds/sombhu(chopped)	11/2tsp
Coriander leaves(chopped)	2tbs
Cabbage(shredded)	1/2 cup
Onion(finely chopped)	1no.(medium size)
Salt	to taste
Oil	as needed for frying

Method

• Soak the green peas for 7-8 hours or overnight and channal dhal for 2 hours.Drain the water completely after soaking.
• In a mixie jar take the ginger,garlic,green chilly,fennel seeds and the soaked peas,pulse it for a minute.Now add the soaked channal dhal and grind it coarse.
• Transfer the ground paste to a bowl,to this add the chopped onion,curry leaves,coriander leaves and shredded cabbage,mix it well.
• Heat the oil in a medium flame.Take a small lemon size ball of batter and flatten in between the palms and drop it in the oil.
• Fry it till both the sides get golden and crisp,drain it on a kitchen towel.
• Serve it with ketchup.

Enjoy...............................................

• Do not grind the batter to a fine paste,it should be little coarse to get a nice crispy vadas.
• Add 2 tbs of soaked channa dhal without grinding.

For the Garnishing

 Peel the skin of the carrot and peel into long strips.Then slightly trim the strip with a scissors.Cut diagonally into a small diamond shape as shown.

Cut diagonally into a small diamond shape as shown.Arrange it however you want.

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