Ingredients
Corn(fresh or frozen) - 1 cupChanna Dal - 1 cupOnion - 1Garlic - 2-3Ginger - 1" pieceRed chillies - 4-6Garam masala powder - 1/2 tsp Cumin seeds - 1/4 tspAsaefoetida - a pinchSalt - to taste
Method
1. Soak the channa dal for atleast an hour. Drain and coarsely grind it .2. To this add the corn, onion, red chillies, garlic , ginger, cumin seeds, garam masala, asaefoetida and salt.3. Make balls out of the above mixture, shape them as vadas or cutlets. 4. Grease a baking tray and line the vadas. Sprinkle 1 or 2 drops of oil on top of each vada.5. Bake it in an oven preheated to 350 degrees for 45 minutes to 1 hour. 6. Serve hot with mint chutney or eat as such.
Tips- The same vadas can be made by deep frying too.- Use a parchment paper in the baking tray to remove the vadas easily.- You can make the vada mixture and refrigerate too. But it will absorb lot of oil. So try making the mixture only when needed.
