Method
- Prepare sugar syrup of one string consistency with sugar & 1cup of water, add elachi powder & keep it aside.
- Grind urad dal into a fine but firm paste using very little amount of water& pinch of salt.
- Take lemon size ball of ground paste & make vada with a hole in the center, fry in the oil till light golden brown in colour.
- Drop them in warm sugar syrup, let them soak for 1hr.
- Serve vada in individual plates after garnishing with flakes of nuts.
- Jaggery can be used in place of sugar. This dish is also called Pakam Garelu
Ingredients:
250 g - urad dal, without husk (soaked for 3 hrs)
500 g - sugar
1/4 tsp - elachi powder
1 tbsp - flakes of badam & pistha
a pinch - salt
oil to fry vada