Polla Vadai

Ingredients :
Rice Powder - 2 cups [The rice should be washed well, dried and powdered fine]
Urad Dal - 3 tsp
Tuar Dal - 3 tsp
Chilli Powder - 3 tsp
Asafoetida - 1/4 tsp
Oil - to fry
Salt - to taste
Method :

1. Soak the urad dal and tuar dal for 2 hours and grind them together to a fine paste.
2. In a bowl, add this dal mix to chilli powder, asafoetida, rice powder and salt and knead the dough to a consistency of chapati dough. You can add a small amount of water if needed to knead the dough properly.
3. Make the dough into many small even sized balls (about the size of a small lemon) and place them on one half of a towel about 3 inches from one another.
4. Cover the balls with the other half of the towel and press the balls flat with your palm.
5. Heat the oil well in a pan and fry the pressed balls in the oil.
6. The result will be a 'vadai' that looks like a mini-puri. The ingredients will be enough to make around 15-20 'polla-vadais'.
7. This is a good evening time snack and goes well with tea or coffee.