Valaipoo Vade

# made like parpu vade

## can use either rice flour or channa dal ( chick pea) flour.

·        Rice flour makes it crispy and light.

·        Channa dal flour gives a nice fragrance but adds volume.

### this dish goes well with sambar, vegetarian pilau /pilaf/pulao rice

Ingredients

1 valaipoo

2 large onions

4 red or green chilies ( or 2 dry chilies)

½ in ginger

2 sprigs curry leaves

½ teaspoon fennel seeds

2-3 tablespoon of rice/ channa dal flour

1-2 cup oil for frying

salt

Preparation

1. Valaipoo : clean the valaipoo and chop it up into small pieces manually or use the food processor.

2. Onions, chilies, ginger and curry leaves : Chop them up    finely.

Method

1.  Add the salt , flour, onions, chilies, curry leaves, ginger and fennel seeds to the valaipoo.

2. Mix them well and check the consistency of the mixture. You may need to add extra flour if it’s   too runny.

3. Heat the oil in a wok/small pot.

4. Make even sized balls from the mixture. Lay them on a plate. Flatten one by one as you drop them into the hot oil.

    * If you don’t want to drop the vade directly into the hot oil then flatten the balls on a spatula and drop it into the oil. ( a rice spatula is easy to navigate cause it is short and has a large flat space)

hot crispy vades

5. Fry the vades till they darken. You don’t have to fry them too long cause they cook pretty fast. Drain the excess oil and serve.