URAD VADA
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Urad Vada
Urad vada is a traditional South Indian dish prepared using urad dal/black gram and deep fried in oil. Most of South Indian breakfast dishes like idli, dosa, venpongal, upma etc comes with a combo of urad vada, and tastes good with sambar and chutney. It is a must dish during festivals, made as an offering to God. Urad dal/Black lentils are rich in folic acid, calcium, fiber, magnesium and potassium and a good source of protein. It’s said, home made urad vada using good oil, has the power to heal mouth ulcers, stomach ulcer, backache etc. Apart served along breakfast, it is a healthy evening snack too.
Ingredients
- 1 cup Urad Dal
- 1 tbsp Raw rice
- 1 Green chilli
- 1 inch Ginger
- 1 Onion
- 2 pinch Hing powder (Asafoetida)
Instructions
- Wash and soak Urad dal & Raw rice for an hour.
- Drain away the water and transfer dal to mixie. Add 1 green chilli, ginger and grind it smoothly. The mixture is very thick so sprinkle some water in between and grind. Add Salt and give a last grind. Salt tends to release water. So be cautious in adding water as the dough should be very thick.
- Add onions, curry leaves, two pinches of asafoetida and mix well.
- Keep oil to heat. This dough is really sticky. So take some water in a bowl, dip fingers into the bowl and wet your fingers. Now take a small portion of dough, pat it flat in your fingers, place a hole and drop into oil when its hot enough.(Alternatively you can also do it using a wet towel or banana leaf. Spray some water, place a small portion of dough, pat it flat, place a hole in the center and drop into oil.)
- Fry in low/medium flame as it tends to burn out leaving the core raw/undercooked. Also make sure the temperature is right enough, if its too low, it tends to absorb oil.
- Enjoy it as a evening snack or along with breakfast with sambar and chutney.
Notes
- If at all you feel the batter to be thin and watery, add some rice flour to thicken it. Adding rice flour makes vada even more crispier.
- Substitute green chilli with pepper. Just need to crush it. It tastes even better and good for health.