medu vada sambhar

INGREDIENTS OF MEDU VADA

1/2 cup Urad Daal

1/2 cup Moong Daal

1 Onion finely chopped

1 tsp Ginger

1-2 Green Chilies finely chopped

Salt to taste

1/4 tsp Baking Soda

INGREDIENTS OF SAMBHAR

2 cup Sambhar (Tuvar) Dal

1/4 kg Vegetables( Drumstick,Green Pepper,Eggplant,Okra)

1/4 tsp Fenugreek seeds

3 Red chillies

3 Green chillies

1 tsp Sambhar powder

Curry leaves

a pinch Hing

1 tsp Salt

2 tsp Mustard

1/4 tsp Tamarind paste

4 tbsp Cooking oil

METHOD OF MEDU VADA

Pick, wash and soak daals for 3-4 hours.
Grind them coarsely in a blender.
Now add onions,ginger, green chilies salt and baking powder and mix well and set aside for 5 minutes.
Heat oil in a pan or kadhai and deep fry a spoonful of batter till golden
Serve with chutney as a breakfast or sambhar

METHOD OF SAMBHAR

Wash and dice all the vegetables.
Boil water and cook the dal with turmeric and salt.
Separate the cooked dal and water, and keep them aside.
In thuvar dal water cook the vegetables..
After the veggies are cooked, add tamarind paste.
Now add the cooked thuvar dal and simmer for a few more minutes
Heat some oil in a pan, splutter mustard, then add methi, red chillies, green chillies, curry leaves, hing, turmeric, and sambhar powder and keep frying for a few minutes.
Season the sambhar with the above prepared tadka.
Sprinkle coriander on top.