Vada Curry

I know, if you are not a tamilian - this may sound a little odd to you. You must have heard of vada but not vada curry - right. It so happened, the other day one of my collegue got this for lunch.I was impressed, it was really good.

You can either have it with Chappati or Rice - But I was told that it goes best with Kal Dosa!
And..Here, let me tell you how to make it!

Ingredients
1. Channa Dhal (1.5 Cups)
2.Onion (3 cups)
3. Tomato (3 nos)
4. Turmeric
5. Sambar powder
6.Coriander Powder
7.Garam Masala
8.Curd
9.Ground nuts(15 nos)
10.Cashew (20 nos)
11.Green Corinader Leaves
12.Green Chillies (3 nos)
13.Grounded Pepper

How to make vada
Soak Chana dhal for 4 hrs.Coarse grind it for 5-10 mts till you get a thick mixture.
Mix 1/2 cup of onions with it and add a pinch of salt to it. Fry it in oil.
Tip - Apply oil inyour hand so that the patty doesn't stick to your hand
If the water is more in the mixture, vada breaks up

And now the curry
Fry the onions to Golden brown with one or two bay leaf in it.
Add the sambar powder,turmeric and coriander powder to it and Saute well.
We can now add the tomatoes and fry them until we get a thick paste
To this, make the vada into pieces and add.You may want to add 2 glasses of water to this paste and let it boil.
In between Grind the green chilly seperately and grind the cashew and Ground nut seperately.
Add these paste to the boiling curry.
After 5 mts, mix a spoon of garam masala in urd and add to the curry.
You can also pepper now for taste.
Add water as needed for consitency and let it boil for another 10 mts.
Garnish it with Coriander leaves.

Your Vada cury is ready.