Hephzibah's Ulundhu (Urad dal) Vadai

 What you need:

• Urad dal - 2 cups
• Green chilies - 5
• Ginger - a finger tip size - cut into teeny tiny pieces
• Curry leaves - plenty
• Onion - 1 large
• Baking soda - a pinch
• Salt - to taste
• Oil for frying

What you do:

• Soak Urad Dhal for 2 hours
• Grind it coarsely with salt, adding as little water as possible - max 1/2 cup
• Transfer to a mixing bowl
• Cut onions into small cubes
• Cut green chilies into small cubes
• Add onion, green chilies, ginger, curry leaves and baking soda to the batter
• Mix well
• Taste for salt and add if needed
• Heat up oil in a pan
• Using a table spoon pour little lumps of the mix dough into the oil
• Fry it on all sides until golden brown
• Served best with coconut chutney

P.S: I know I know I know what you are thinking. Why is it not made into vada shape? This still tastes the same folks; so I never bothered to learn that. 😃