Bread Vada.

Ingrediants:

Bread - 5 slices
Curd - 1 cup
Water - 1/2 cup
Mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp
Salt to taste
Green chilli - 6 finely chopped
Sev - 1 cup
Carrot - 1 cup finely chopped
Cilantro finely chopped

Preparation:

Mix curd, water, salt, half the chilli, cilantro and mix it well. Take a pan, add 1 tsp of oil, when the oil is ready to fry add mustard seeds. When it starts to splitter, off the stove and add it to the curd mixture.

Fill half the pan with oil and when its ready to fry, fry one bread slice at a time to a light brown colour. Keep turning the slice continouesly when its frying, do the same for all the slices. Leave it to drain and cool on absorbent paper.

Dip the slice in water, put it on a paper and press it a little so that there is no oil left in it. Cut the slice into half and place it in a plate, cover the slice with the curd mixture, sev, carrot, a little of chillies and cilantro and serve.

Masala Vada.

Ingrediants:

Channa dal - 1 cup

Green chillies - 6

Salt to taste

Cilantro - 1/2 cup

Preparation:

Soak the dal over night. Grind the dal with chillies, salt and cilantro to a fine paste by adding very little water. Fill half the pan with oil. When the oil is ready to fry, take little dal paste in hand and press lightly into a small puri shape and slowly put it in the oil and fry it on a medium flame till it turns to light golden colour.

Dahi Vada.

Ingrediants:

Urad dal - 1 cup
Green chilli's - 6
Salt to taste
Curd - 1 cup
Chat masala

Preparations:

Soak dal in the water for an hour. Take curd, half cup of water, salt mix them well. Then grind dal, green chilli and salt to a fine paste by adding little water. Take oil in a pan, when the its ready to fry, take small ball sized paste, put them in the oil and fry them on a medium flame.

Fry it just the way we fry them for vada, then take them out and put them in cold water for 5-10 min. Then squeeze the water out and put them in the curd for 1 hour. Sprinkle chat masala over the dahi vada before serving. We can even sprinkle chilli powder in case if u don't have chat masala.

Vada And Peanut Chutney.

Ingredients:

Urad dal -1 cup
Green chilli - 6
Salt to taste
Cilantro

Preparation:

Wash and soak the dal for an hour. Soaking dal for an hour vada will not absorb to much of oil.
Grind the dal, green chilli's, salt and cilantro to a fine paste without adding to much of water. Fill half the pan with oil. Once the oil is hot take little urad dal into your hand make a hole in the center and put it in the oil or just make a ball and put it in the oil , which ever method is easy. Fry the vada on a medium flame.

Take the vada out once they turn light brown and serve them with peanut chutney or tomato ketchup.


Ingredients For Peanut Chutney:

Peanuts - 1 cup
Chilli Powder - 1tps
Tamarind - 1 1/2 tps
Turmeric - 1/2 tps
Urad dal - 1/2 tps
Cumin seeds - 1/2 tps
Mustard seeds - 1/2 tps
Oil - 1 tbps
Curry leaves
Cilantro

Preparation:

Fry the peanuts a little before we grind them.
Grind peanuts, chilli powder, salt, tamarind, cilantro, grind them to a fine powder and add one cup of water. Add oil in the pan, cumin seeds, mustard seeds, urad dal, turmeric and curry leaves. When they splutter off the stove and add it to the chutney.