Chipotle Salsa

10 medium Roma tomatoes

1 small white onion, peeled and quartered

6 cloves garlic, peeled

1 serrano pepper, stemmed and seeded

4 chipotle peppers in adobo sauce

1 tablespoon lime juice

1 teaspoon salt

¼ cup cilantro leaves and stems

Preheat oven to 400°F/205°C. On a rimmed baking sheet, place whole tomatoes, onion, garlic and serrano pepper. Roast for 45 minutes or until soft and blackened in places. Immediately scoop contents of pan into blender and add chipotles and their sauce, lime juice, salt and cilantro.

Pulse 5 times to combine and then turn to glide the Precision Speed Control Knob between Speeds 1 and 2 and blend for about 15 seconds or until desired texture is reached.

Pro Tip: For more heat, add more serrano pepper or chipotle peppers in adobo sauce.

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Masal Vadai

Masal Vadai is a very popular South Indian snack. It is usually prepared by soaking Dhal in Water and then grinding it to a coarse paste. The Dhal is then seasoned with South Indian spices, Onion, Green Chilli and Curry leaves. Then prepared mixture is then made into small dumplings and deep fried in Oil.

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Bengal Gram Dhal – 2 cup, soaked in Water with 2 Dry Red Chilli for at least 3 hours and drained

Fennel Seeds - 1 tsp

Onion – 1, diced

Green Chillies – 4, diced

Ginger – 1 tsp, grated

Curry leaves

Turmeric - 1 tsp

Chilli Powder - 1 tsp

Asafetida - 1 tsp

Salt

Oil

Take a handful of the soaked Dhal and transfer to a large bowl. Grind the remaining Dhal along with Fennel seeds to a coarse paste with out adding any Water. Add this coarse mixture to the reserved Dhal along with Onion, Green Chilli, Ginger, Curry Leaves, Turmeric, Asafetida, Chilli powder and required Salt. Make Lemon sized balls with this mixture and gently press it in between your palms. Drop the prepared Vadai's in hot Oil and deep fry until golden brown.

Add 1 cup of chopped Vazhai Poo to the mixture to make scrumptious Vazhai Poo Vadai.

Substitute Channa dhal with Green Gram to make Green Gram Vadai.