Karavadai (spicy vadai)

Ingredients:
1/2 cup toor dal
1/2 cup channa dal
1/2 cup urad dal
1/2 cup rice
3 red chilies whole
4 green chilies finely chopped
Few curry leaves
1 inch piece ginger finely chopped
1/4 tsp asafoetida
Salt to taste
Oil for deep frying

Method:
Soak the toor dal and channa dal with whole red chilies and set aside.
Soak the rice and urad dal and set aside.
Soak a handful of channa dal and set aside.
Now coarsely grind the toor and channa dal along with red chilies. Then grind the rice and urad dhal into a smooth batter and add to the other coarse batter. Add the required amount of salt, green chilies, ginger, curry leaves, and asafoetida. Mix everything together into a smooth batter, then add the handful of soaked channa dal.
In a deep pan, heat oil on medium flame. Make dumplings out of the batter and fry until golden.
Serve with coffee or tea.