vazhaipoo vadai

Ingredients:

Vazhaipoo - 1
Thoor dhal - 1 cup
Bengal gram dhal (Kadalai paruppu) - 1/4 cup or even less
Coconut - 1/4 cup
Small onion - 1/2 cup
Curry leaves - 10 strings
Coriander - a small bunch
Red chilli - 6 to 10
Jeera - 2 sp
Asafoetida - 1 tsp
Turmeric powder - 1 tsp
Salt to taste.

Method.

Clean the vazhai poo and keep aside.Soak both the dhals together for about half an hour.
Peal and slice the small onions into round slices.Chop the curry leaves and coriander.  Grate the coconut.
In a mixie run the jeera red chilli once, to this drain and add the dhal. No water. Blend it coarsely.
 Put the contents in a bowl. Run the vazhai poo in the mixie so that it is coarse and not  a paste. Put this along with the dhal.
Mash the onions with hand so that the layers come separately and put it with the contents. Add turmeric powder, salt, asafoetida, grated coconut, curry leaves and coriander leaves.
Check for salt.
Heat oil in a kadai make small ball and press it between palms and fry in hot oil.

Note: If the quantity of bengal gram dhal is much then the vadai gets harder. Increase in quantity of coconut may dissolve the vada when you drop it in oil. also soaking the dhal over night will give an dunplesant smell and hard and dry vada.