Alasanda Vada Sankranti Special ఆంధ్ర అలసందలు వడలు సంక్రాతి Cowpeas Bobbarlu Lobia Black eyed peas

#alasanda #cowpeas #bobbarlu #vada #lobia #sankranti #blackeyepeas Methi Pakode    • Crispy Crunchy Fenugreek leaves Fritters -...   Cowpeas are called alasandalu in Telugu, Vella Payar in tamil, Lobia in Hindi. They are a great health food as they are low in calories and high in proteins and fibre. They are said to be very good in maintaining heart health too. This is a street food from Andhra Pradesh and also made specially for the Sankranti festival. They are very crispy and awesome for evening snacks 😋 These vadas can be shallow fried or they can be baked too. I preferred deep frying them today, as I was running late for an errand. Ingredients ----------------- 1 cup Lobia/cowbeans 1 medium Onion 3-4 Green Chillies 1.5" Ginger piece 2 sprigs Curry leaves 1 small bunch Coriander leaves 1/8 tsp hing 1/4 tsp Black pepper As per taste Salt Method ------------ 1. Wash and soak the Lobia for minimum 3 hours. Then filter the soaked Lobia to remove excess water. 2. Coarsely grind the Lobia. Make sure not to over-grind it, else the vadas wouldn't be crispy. Also make sure there are no whole cowbeans in it, as it may burst in the oil. 3. Coarsely grind the onion, coriander leaves, curry leaves, ginger. Add it to the Lobia paste. 4. Add salt, hing and black pepper and mix well. 5. Heat oil on medium heat, make lemon sized balls of the batter and make Vada shape and drop them in oil. 6. You can make both with or without hole in between. Make sure you adjust the edges carefully while making hole else they would disintegrade in the oil and all the oil is spoiled. 6. Fry them till golden brown on both sides. Remove them on an absorbent paper. Serve with Pudina chutney or sauce of your choice.