Chick Peas Vada

Chick Peas Vada
Serves 3 ppl

These vadas are made from Chickpeas instead of the regular channa dal. It makes them more nutritious and definitely more tasty.This one is from my mom's kitchen, being a working mother she was great at juggling work and home.We would wait for the weekends for she would spoil us with a lot of good food.These piping hot vadas with sambhar and chutneys were definitely special !

Ingredients :
Chickpeas - 125 g
Onion - 1/2 a big one (chopped finely).
Fennel - 1/2 tsp
Cardamom,Cloves - 2 each
Cinamon - small piece
Ginger - small piece
Garlic - 4 small pods
Curry leaves - 10 leaves ( chopped finely)
Coriander leaves - 1 tbsp ( chopped finely)
Mint leaves - 1 tbsp ( chopped finely)
Green chili - 1
Whole red chili - 1
Salt
Oil - for deep frying

Method:
-Soak the chick peas overnight or for 8 hours.
-In a mixer grind the whole spices,Ginger,Garlic,Green chili and Red chili finely.
-To the same jar add the chickpeas and salt and grind adding as little water as possible , the mixture should be a little coarse.
-To the batter add Mint leaves, curry leaves, coriander leaves and the onions and mix well. Check the seasoning and add salt if needed.
-Make small patties and deep fry them in oil !