THAYIR VADAI

THAYIR VADAI:

Ingredients:

Black gram-1 cup

Shredded coconut- a handful

Gram dal[pottukkadalai]- 1 sp

Green chilli-1

Fresh curd-1 ½ cups

Milk-1/2 cup

Gingelly oil-1 tsp

Mustard seeds-1tsp

Ginger- 1tsp[ finely chopped]

Green chilli-1 tsp[ finely chopped]

Coriander leaves- 1tbsp [finely chopped]

Salt totatse

Method:

Soak the black gram in water for 1 hour.

Grind the shredded coconut with pottukkadalai and 1 green chilly coarsely.

Add this masala in fresh thick curd.

Add the milk, the chopped ingredients and enough salt to the curd masala.

Heat a tsp of gingelly oil, and add 1sp mustard seeds.

When they splutter, add this to the curd and mix well.

Now grind the black gram into a frothy thick pulp and make vadais out of it.

There are two methods to soak them.

You can put them in a bowl of slightly warm water for 5 minutes and then again put them in the fresh curd masala.

Or you can directly put them in the curd.