Rasa Vadai

Ingredients:
For vada:

1. Channa dal : 250 gms
2. Red chillies : 6
3. Ginger : 2" piece
4. Green Chiili - 3
5. Onion(big) - 1 ( Small means- 10)
6. Curry leaf - 1 or 2 bunch.
7. Asafoetida - 1/2 teaspoon.
8. Salt - as per your requirment.
9. Oil for frying.

For rasam:

1. Red chilli - 3
2. Coriander seeds - 1 tea spoon
3. Pepper - 1/ 2 teaspoon
4. Cumin - 1/2 teaspoon
5. Garlic - 3 or 4
6. Turmeric powder- 1/2 tea spoon
7. Tamarind paste - 1 tea spoon
8. Tomato - 1
9. coriander leaf for Garnishing

Ingredients for seasoning:
Oil/ghee - 1 tsp
Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
Asafoetida - 1 pinch
Turmeric powder - 1/4 teaspoon.
Curry leaf - 1 bunch
Whole chilli - 1
METHOD:

How to make Vada:

• Soak the dal in water for one hour.
• Drain and grind coarsely with ginger chilli ,asafoetida.
• Chop the onion and curry leaf.
•  And mix it with the above mix.
• Add salt and deep fry in hot oil.

How to make Rasam:

• Roast the peppercorns, coriander seeds and cumin seeds for a minute.
• Grind them into a masala powder with garlic and chillies..
• Chop the tomatoes into small pieces.
• In a sauce pan, heat oil/ghee.
• Add mustard and cumin seeds. When they stop crackling, add asafetida 
• and turmeric powder, curry leaves.
• Then add the masala.
• Also add tomato fry for a while.
• Then add tamarind paste.
• Add 3 cups of water.
• When the rasam start to boil off the stove and Garnish it with chopped coriander leaves...
• Add the vadas.
• Keep closed for 1/2 hr.
• Now rasa vadai is ready.
• This is very good with Idli, Coconut chutney .