Moong dhal vada

Ingredients:
3 cups moong dhal,
1 onion finely chopped,
3-4 green chilies ,
1tsp cumin seeds,
salt to taste and oil for frying

Method:

• Soak moong dhal in water for at least 4 hrs.Grind it into a coarse paste with out adding water(adding water makes it runny).
• Add salt,chopped onion,chili and cumin seeds to this paste and mix well.
• Heat oil in a heavy bottomed pan.
• Take a zip lock and wet it .Take a small ball of moong dhal paste place it on the zip lock on palm and press it making a hole in the center.
• Drop them carefully in the oil and fry them till they are golden on both sides.

I miss you......

This long weekend has been quite a busy one.With my in-laws arrival we became pretty busy anxious to show every part of our lives in their stay.Added to this my hubby's college friends also visited us making a busy weekend but a memorable one.After having endless walks to memorials in DC we stopped at the botanical garden by the capitol hill as per the suggestion of a good friend.Good thing we stopped..we felt pretty relaxed away from the city buzz.
But the saddest part of the trip is my long term companion and a beloved one my camera(not a sophisticated one though) mysteriously stopped working..(at lest it stayed till the end of the trip).So as a tribute to my old friend I thought of sharing some pics I took in our trip.

This one is called Lipstick flower......pretty obvious :)

Amazed by their wonderful marbled effect......

Lovely peppers...they looked like flowers from far......