Dal Vada | Not so Junky - by Chef Siddharth | Sanjeev Kapoor Khazana

Air fried vadas made with chana dal, green moong and vegetables. Watch this video to find out how to make this recipe.
DAL VADA
Ingredients
1½ cups split Bengal gram (chana dal), soaked for 3-4 hours
½ cup moong sprouts
1 medium carrot, grated
1 medium onion, finely chopped
1 tablespoon chopped fresh coriander leaves
8-10 curry leaves
1-2 green chillies + for serving
8-10 almonds
2 tablespoons raisins
Salt to taste
Coconut oil for greasing and brushing
Fresh coriander sprigs for garnishing
Chutney
5-6 almonds
1 tablespoon chopped fresh coriander leaves
2 green chillies
½ cup fresh scraped coconut
1 tablespoon coconut oil
1 teaspoon mustard seeds
1-2 dried red chillies
4-6 curry leaves
Method
1. Preheat air fryer to 180º C.
2. Coarsely grind together drained Bengal gram and moong sprouts in a food processor.
3. Combine carrot, onion, coriander leaves and curry leaves in a bowl.
4. Roughly chop green chillies and add to carrot mixture. Similarly, chop almonds and add to bowl along with raisins, salt and ground mixture. Mix well.
5. Grease your palms with some coconut oil, divide the mixture into equal portions, shape them into balls and lightly flatten.
6. Place the vadas into the preheated air fryer and air fry for 15-20 minutes or till golden and crisp, brushing some coconut oil.
7. To prepare chutney, grind together almonds, coriander leaves and broken green chillies to make fine mixture.
8. Add coconut and grind. Add 1-2 tablespoons water and grind again to make a smooth mixture. Transfer in another bowl, add salt and mix.
9. Heat coconut oil in a non-stick tempering pan. Add mustard seeds and let it splutter.
10. Discard the stem from dried chillies, roughly chop and remove the seeds.
11. Add curry leaves and chopped chillies to hot oil. Add the tempering to coconut mixture and mix well.
12. Garnish the dal vadas with coriander sprigs and serve hot with few green chillies and chutney.
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