Medu Vada
Crispy from outside and soft from inside, Medu Vada recipe from South Indian Cuisine, for breakfast with Chutney or Sambhar.
Ingredients
- 1½ Cup Split Black Gram Lentil/Dhuli Urad Dal
- 2 tsp Finely Onions
- 1 tsp Roughly torn Curry leaves
- 1-2 Finely Chopped Green Chillies optional
- ½ tsp Cumin Seeds optional
- 1 tsp Black Peppercorns
- 1 tbsp Finely chopped fresh coconut pieces optional
- Salt to Taste
- Oil to Deep fry
Instructions
- Wash dal nicely 2-3 times in running water.
- Soak dal in enough water for at least 3-4 hrs.
- When ready to make drain water from lentils and grind to a fine paste.
- Add and mix rice flour.
- Beat the batter to 4-5 mins for aeration, till it is light and fluffy.
- Keep it covered for 10-15 minutes.
- To check whether the batter is ready to fry, drop a small ball of batter in water(in bowl) it should float. Else, beat it little more.
- Crush peppercorns and add to batter.
- Add chopped onions, curry leaves, green chillies and cumin seeds with salt. Mix everything well.
- Heat oil in a heavy bottomed pan or kadhai. Drop very tiny ball of batter in oil, it should rise slowly.It is the right temperature to fry vadas.
- Fry Vadas first on medium to low flame and then on high flame.
- Fry till light brown. Once done take out from oil and drain on tissue paper or kitchen towel.
- Serve hot with chutney or sambhar.
Notes
Skip onion for no-onion no-garlic Vada recipe.
You can also make plain vadas if you don not like any addition to it. Only add slat and fry vadas.
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