Vadas - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 c. chickpeas
1/4 c. urd dhal
3 red dry chillies
2 green chillies
small pieces of ginger
2 onions
oil for frying
salt to taste
mint leaves (optional)

Preparation

Soak chickpeas and urd dhal (which you get in Indian stores) for about 2 hours.
Drain all the water and grind coarsely with dry red chillies.
The ground mixture should be solid, not loose.
Cut onions, green chillies and ginger into small pieces and mix it with the ground mixture.
Take a tablespoon of mixture, put in your hands or in a plastic sheet and fry in oil until golden brown. Serve hot with ketchup.