THAVALAI VADAI

There are a few varieties on ‘Thavalai vadai’. This is my favourite.

Ingredients:

Lentils- 1 cup
Black gram-1 cup
Bengal gram- 1 cup
Raw rice- 1/2 cup
Par boiled rice- 1/2 cup
Green gram- 1.21/2cup
Sag0- 1/2 cup
Chopped coconut-1 cup
Mustard seeds- 1 tsp
Peppercorns- 2 tbsp
Curry leaves- a handful
Red chillies-6
Salt to taste
Gingelly oil- 2 tbsp

Procedure:

Soak the rice varieties and other dal varieties separately in enough water for 2 hours. Grind all the ingredients with the red chillies and enough salt to a thick dough. Add the coconut, and the curry leaves. Heat a small pan and pour the gingelly oil. Add the mustard seeds and the peppercorns. When they splutter add this to the vadai dough. Mix well. Take a big ball, flatten it, make a hole in the centre and fry it in the hot oil to golden brown colour. Thus finish all the dough.