Dipin

Dipin is a rare dish made is very few restraunts in Hyderabad which is when put in simple words 'vadas dipped in gravy'.

INGREDIENTS

For vadas:

• Channa Dal 1 cup
• Salt to taste
• Oil for deep fry

For Gravy:

• Tomato         1
• Onion 1
• Green chillies 2
• Red chilly powder ¼ spoon
• Tamarind        25 grams (soak it and take juice out of it)
• Turmeric powder pinch
• Asafetida         pinch
• Jeera ¼ spoon
• Mustard seeds ¼ spoon
• Sugar 2 tea spoons
• Curry leaves 10
• Salt to taste  

DIRECTIONS:

• Soak channa dal for 4 to 5 hours.
• Grind it coarsely and add salt to taste
• Heat the oil in deep non stick pan
• Drop Vadas one by one after the oil is heated and fry them till they turn golden brown 
• Place the vadas on tissue paper to soak the excess oil
• To make the gravy, take wide bowl and pour one tea spoon of oil.
• Add mustard seeds, jeera, turmeric powder and asafetida
• Then add chopped onions, chopped tomato and curry leaves
• Fry it well
• Add tamarind juice, chopped green chillies, red chilly powder, sugar and salt to taste
• Cook till it turns little thick
• Finally dip all the prepared vadas into the gravy and keep it for one hour.

Serve with hot rice or rotis