Maddur Vada

Ingredients:
1 cup Fine Suji or Fine Semolina(or Bombay Rava) 
1/2 cup Rice Flour 
1/4 cup Maida or All Purpose Flour
1 tsp Red chilli powder
5 tbsp Hot oil for kneading
2 big onions finely chopped onions 
1 small bunch Cilantro (Coriander leaves) Finely chopped
1 small bunch Curry leaves Finely chopped
7 Green chillies finely chopped or minced
2 tsp salt (or to taste) 
4 cups oil for deep frying 

Method:
1. In a mixing bowl put the rice flour, maida, suji, red chilli powder salt and hot oil and mix well.
2. Add the chopped - onions. cilantro, curry leaves and chillies and mix with water to make a thick paste.
3. Take a golf size ball of this mixture and flatten on your hand (apply a little oil over your hand before you do this) or a greased plastic sheet.
4. Drop into hot oil and deep fry until golden brown.
5. Serve hot with cocunut chutney and/or sambar.

Recipe: Masala Vada (Vegetarian)

Masala Vada

Ingredients:

1. Channa dhal - 1 cup

2. Green chillies - 6 nos

3. Cinnamon stick - 1

4. Ginger - 1/2 tsp

5. Cloves - 3 nos

6. Coriander leaves - 1/2 cup (finely chopped)

7. Onion - 1 (finely chopped)

8. Garlic - 2 nos

9. sabudana/sabakki leaves - 1 cup (finely chopped)

10. salt to taste

11. oil to fry

Procedure:

1. Soak channa dhal in water for 3 hours.

2. Coarse grind channa dhal, ginger, garlic, cloves, cinnamon and green chillies (don't add water).

3. Add sabudana, coriander leaves, onion and salt to the above mixture.

4. Make small balls and fry in oil till it turns light brown.

serve with tomato sauce