Baked masala vadai
Healthy version of tea kadai masala vadai
- Prep time
- 15 min
- Cook time
- 25 min
- Yield
- 12 servings
- Difficulty
- HARD
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup chana dal
- 4 red chilis
- Few curry leaves
- A small piece ginger
- 3 clove garlic
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp fennel seeds
- Salt as needed
- 1 big onion finely chopped
- 3 tbsp oil
Instructions
- 1
Wash and soak the chana dal for 2 hours.
- 2
Drain the water and keep 1 tbsp of soaked chana dal aside.
- 3
In a mixie jar, add the red chilis, curry leaves, ginger, garlic, fennel seeds.
- 4
Pulse this first.
- 5
Now add the soaked chana dal to the mixie jar.
- 6
Pulse this into a coarse paste.
- 7
Do not add any water.
- 8
Transfer this to a bowl.
- 9
Just before making add finely chopped onions, baking soda, 3 tsp oil and salt.
- 10
Mix well evenly.
- 11
Line a baking tray with a baking sheet r aluminum foil.
- 12
Grease your hands with oil and take a lemon sized dough.
- 13
Make a thin patty, do not make a thick one, it will not get baked inside.
- 14
Preheat the oven at 170 degrees for 10 minutes.
- 15
Arrange all the dough patties in the tray.
- 16
Drizzle little oil on the patties.
- 17
Bake this for 25-30 minutes at 170 degrees.
- 18
Mine got done in 25 minutes.
- 19
Baking time varies from oven to oven.
- 20
Enjoy the crispy masala vadas hot.
- 21
Serve with any chutney of your choice or you can enjoy this with curd rice too.