- Pal Poli Vadai
Paal Poli
Ingredients to make 8 polis:
Maida / all purpose flour 1/3 cup
Rava 1 tablespoon
Water to knead
Salt pinch
Turmeric pinch
Cardamom 2 pods
Saffron 4-5 strands
Sugar 1/3 cup (Can add more depending on your taste.)
Milk 4 cups
Oil to fry
Directions:
Mix Maida, Rava, salt, turmeric, a teaspoon of oil, water and knead into a stiff soft dough. Add water little by little so that the dough is stiff. Then roll them out into small poris. Then heat oil and deep fry these poris.
Boil the Milk. When it starts boiling, add sugar and keep stirring until it dissolves completely. Add saffron and powdered cardamom to the milk. Once the milk is reduced to 2 cups, pour the flavoured mik over the puris. Make sure all the puris are covered will milk. Leave it aside for an hour for the puris to soak up the milk. Turn over the puris after half an hour. Serve it hot or cold depending on your preference.
Paruppu Vadai
Ingredients to make 10 small vadas:
To grind
Channa dhal or split peas 1/4 cup
Toor dhal 2 tablspoon
Red chilly 2
Curry leaves 3-4
Asofoedita/hing 1 pinch
salt to taste
turmeric 1 pinch
To fry
Oil
Directions:
Soak the dhals for 3 hours. Grind all the ingredients into a coarse paste with very little water. Heat oil make the paste into small vadas and fry until they are golden brown. Your vada is ready.
Note:You can add onions, mint, saunf to the mix if you want to turn it into masal vadai.
Pongalo Pongal!
