Pulusu Vada

Ingredients:

Boiled rice 1 Cup
Red chillies 8
Pumpkin pieces 1 cup
Tamarind small lemon size
Asafoetida little
Soaked bengalgram dhal 1 Tbl spn
Chopped curry leaves 1/2 Tbl spn
Salt As Required
Oil to deep fry

Method:

Soak boiled rice in warm water for 2 hours. Cook the pumpkin pieces. Grind rice with red chillies, salt, cooked pumpkin pieces, tamrind into smooth paste. Dont add water while grinding. Then add soaked bengalgram dhal, curry leaves and asafoetida. Make it into medium size balls. Press it with your fingers in a greased plastic sheet to thin vadai(little bit thicker than roties). Then take it from the sheet and directly put it into oil. Deep fry it. You can fry it one by one only. Drain the excess oil.