One of the everyday foods! Easy to cook and healthy to eat! Can be eaten with rotis and rice and also during lunch or dinner. So its a time saver as well!

1/4 cup moong daal

1/4 cup toor daal

1 fistful whole moong

1/2 tsp red chilli (increase or decrease according to ur taste)

1/4 tsp turmeric powder

a dash of hing

salt to taste

1 medium size onion chopped finely

1 medium tomato chopped finely

2-3 green chillies

1/2 tsp ginger garlic paste

curry leaves and corriander leaves – a small bunch

oil for frying

• Cook the lentils in pressure cooker with sufficient water till soft with the masalas and salt.
• in a skillet heat oil and add jeera when it splutters add onions and fry till brown.
• Add green chills and tomatoes to it.
• When they are soft add curry leaves and coriander leaves and add the daal to the skillet.
• Add water according to the consistency you need.
• Serve hot!

In our place, kerala daal vadas are made of Toor daal. But since i met my dear friend sasikala who introduced me to the Tamil cuisine i have been making daal vadas with channa daal. And ofcourse its tastier than the ones i used to make!

For this you’ll need

1 cup channa daal soaked for 3-4 hrs
1 onion finely sliced
3-4 green chillies finely sliced
1 tbsp saunf or fennel seeds
1 tbsp ginger garlic paste
salt to taste
oil for deep frying

• grind the daal into a fine paste with out adding water
• mix the rest of the ingredients to it
• make small patties and deep fry!