Palak Vada

 Palak vada is a deep fried crispy teatime snack made with chana dal, finely chopped palak leaves, onion, green chilly, ginger and other ingredients.The following ingredients are needed to prepare Palak Vada.

Ingredients:
Palak leaves. -2 cup chopped
Chana dal.     -1 cup
Onion.           -1
Green chilly.  -2
Ginger.           -a small
Garlic cloves .-2
Fennel seeds. -1/2 tsp
Asafoetida.    -1 tsp
Salt.               - to taste
Oil.-for deep frying

Instructions:
1). Wash palak leaves and remove the thick stems from it and finely chop the palak leaves. Chop ginger and green chilly into thin pieces. Crush garlic cloves. Finely chop onion. Keep aside.

2). Wash and soak chana dal in enough water for 4 hours. Drain and keep aside 2 tbsp of soaked chana dal separately from it. Grind the remaining soaked chana dal coarsely without adding water.

Method:-
1). In a mixing bowl add the coarsely ground chana dal. Add thinly chopped green chilly, thinly chopped ginger, crushed garlic cloves, finely chopped onion, fennel seeds, asafoetida and required salt into the mixing bowl and mix with the coarsely ground chana dal paste.

2). Add finely chopped palak leaves into the mixing bowl and mix with the coarsely ground chana dal paste mixture. Add 2 tbsp soaked chana dal which is kept aside into the mixing bowl. Mix all the ingredients in the mixing bowl until combined and make a thick chana dal palak leaves mixture.

3). Taka a small portion of the thick chana dal palak leaves mixture in your hand and make it a ball shape.Then slightly press it to get the vada shape. Repeat the process and make vada shape with the remaining chana dal palak mixture.

4). Heat enough oil in a kadai for deep frying. Drop the vada shape into hot oil and deep fry them on medium flame in small batches until golden brown and crisp.Flip and turn the vadas in hot oil using a slotted spoon to cook all its sides.

5). When the vadas become crisp and golden colour remove the fried palak vadas from hot oil and transfer to a serving plate.

Crispy Palak vadas are ready to serve with a cup of hot tea or coffee.