Masal Vadai
gram flour – 1/4 kg, onions – 1/4 kg
Soak gram dal for 1 1/2 hours. Grind 2 green chillies, 2 whole red peppers and 1/2 tsp salt in a blender.Add the soaked dal(take about 4 tsp of soaked dal and keep it separately for adding later) to this mixture and grind very coarsely.Add cut onions, 1 tsp ginger pieces and 10-15 curry leaves to the ground mixture. You may add garlic if preferable.Take 2 large flakes of garlic, crush it and mix with the flour. Take a ball of this mixture and place it on a plastic sheet of paper and pat it to flatten it a little. Then drop them in boiling oil. Turn over both sides until fully cooked.

Instead of garlic add 1/2 teaspoon of sofn (bada jeera) with the mixture and make vada, it will be very nice
You can add finely chopped plantain flower (vaazhaipoo) to the above mixture. This is vaazhaipoo vadai and is yummy!