maddur vada

lockdown period and tried quite a few recipes and brushed up on a few old ones too..
this recipe link was given by Vidya kamath ( Akhi's wife) and the vadas came out perfect.  the recipe was very simple too.
this is an adaptation of amddur vada recipe from the blog veg recipes of india.

Ingredients :
1.  rice flour : 1/2 cup
2.  maida ; 1/4 cup
3.  sooji  : 1/4 cup
4.  Onion finely chopped ; 1/2 cup
5.  green chillies : 2 -3 finely chopped
6.  curry leaves : 8-9 chopped
7.  coriander leaves  : 3 tbsp chopped
8.  hing : 1 pinch
9.  oil  : 1 tbsp to be heated and to fry the vadas
10.  salt
11.  water :  4 - 5 tbsp

Method :
1.  Take the rice flour in a bowl, add the rava and teh maida and mix well.
2.  Add teh chopped onions, greenchillies, curry leaves and the coriander leaves and mix.
3.  Add salt, hing and mix well.
4.  Heat one tablespoon of oil till it becomes hot and add it to the flour mixture.  mix well with a spoon.
5.  Add water one poon at a times and mix till you get a nice soft dough. it should not be too sticky ot dry.  If it feels sticky canadd a little maida and mix , if too dry sprinkle some water. 

heat oil to deepfry the vada.  Take a smallportion of the dough and shape it like a round patty.  Place this on a plastic sheet and press with your fingers to make it .25 to .3 mm thickness.
when the oil is hot ( a small piece of the dough should come up gradually and steadily) , add the vada into the oil gently and fry on medium flame. 
you can fry two to four vadas ata time.
let one side get well fried to a light golden brown before turning over.