Pav Bhaji
A must-try, delicious Indian Street Food, made with mashed vegetables and spices and served with toasted bread, chopped onions and lime.
Happy cooking, happy eating
A must-try, delicious Indian Street Food, made with mashed vegetables and spices and served with toasted bread, chopped onions and lime.
Dill masala vada or sabsige masala vade is a savory, crispy, mildly-spicy, deep-fried snack made using chana dal, onions, dill, and spices. It is popular in southern India as a side dish for rice bath, rice-dal, or an evening snack with some piping hot chai/tea. While masala vadas are essentially deep-fried, shallow-frying also gives the same taste and crispness as deep-frying. Additionally, shallow-frying takes a much lesser amount of cooking oil, which is why I prefer it. Continue reading to know how to make these yummy, shallow-fried dill masala vadas.
Prep time: 3 hours
Cook time: 30 minutes
Total time: 3 hours 30 minutes
Yield: 8 -10 masala vadas
200g channa dal/ split chickpea, soaked for 3 hours and drained
3 green chilies
2 cloves of garlic
1/4 inch of ginger root
2-3 cloves
1/4 inch cinnamon bark
5 tablespoons of dill, finely chopped
1 small onion, finely chopped
Cooking oil, for shallow frying
2-3 tablespoons of water
Salt to taste
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