Kaara vadai

Ingredients:

• Idly Rice – 4 cups
• Raw Rice/ Pacharisi - 1/4 cup
• Black Gram/ UluthamParuppu – 1 cup
• Onion – 1 (finely chopped)
• Green Chilly – 2 (finely chopped)
• Curry Leaves – few
• Orange Food Color – 1 pinch
• Salt – to taste
• Cooking Oil

Directions:

1. Soak Idli rice and raw rice for an hour in water. 
2. Soak black gram separately in another bowl for half an hour. 
3. Wash and clean the rice and grind it smoothly. 
4. Now wash and clean the black gram and grind that too smoothly. 
5. Mix both the batter together and add enough salt. 
6. Do not let it to ferment.
7. Add chopped onions, green chillies, and curry leaves to the batter and mix it thoroughly. 
8. Dilute food color in a tbsp of water and mix it gently in the batter.
9. Heat oil in a deep pan and take a small ladleful of batter and simply drop/pour it in the oil. 
10. You will get small balls when u pour the batter in oil. 
11. Cook it in a simmer flame. 
12. When one side is cooked well, flip it to the other side and allow it to cook. 
13. Now kara vadai is ready to serve. 
14. You can serve it with coconut chutney.

"Now the delicious kaara vadai is ready to serve"