Ingredients: For The Vadas (makes 8) ¾ cup urad dal (split black lentils) ¼ teaspoon asafoetida (hing) 1 teaspoon ginger-green chilli paste â?¢ Salt to taste â?¢ 2 cups finely chopped California walnuts To be mixed into a Curds Mixture 1 cup whisked curd (dahi) 2 tbsp sugar A pinch of black salt Salt to taste Oil for deepfrying Chilli powder for sprinkling Roasted cumin seeds (jeera) powder for sprinkling 2 tablespoon finely chopped coriander Method For the Vadas Clean, wash and soak the urad dal in enough water in a deep bowl for 2 hours. Drain well and blend in a mixer to a coarse paste using ¼ cup of water. Transfer the mixture into a deep bowl, add the asafoetida, ginger-green chilli paste, salt, finely chopped California walnuts and 1½ tablespoon of water and mix well. Wet a deep ladle with little water, pour 1 tablespoon of the batter in it and drop it in hot oil. Deep-fry on a medium flame till it turns golden brown in colour from all the sides. Upto 2 to 3 such stuffed vadas can be deep-fried at a time in a batch. Soak the deep-fried vadas immediately in a bowlful of water for 20 mins. Squeeze out and drain all the excess water by pressing the vadas gently between your palms. Keep aside. Repeat steps 5 and 7 to make more stuffed vadas. Just before serving arrange 2 vadas in a serving dish and spread 1 portion of the curds mixture evenly over it. Finally sprinkle a little chilli powder and cumin seeds powder evenly over it. Serve immediately garnished with coriander