Ingredients 

• Masoor Dal : 2 cups
• 1" piece ginger paste
• 2-3 cloves garlic paste
• 2 green chillies : chopped fine
• Quarter cup chopped cilantro
• Oil to deep fry
• Salt to taste
• A pinch of turmeric
• One small onion chopped fine

• Soak the dal overnight. 
• Grind it with the green chillies, ginger, garlic, salt and turmeric adding little water from time to time into a medium thick paste.
• Add the chopped cilantro to this coarse paste and also the onions.
• Shape the paste into small flat vadas and deep fry them.