Medu Vada
Medu Vada is a crispy , fluffy , fritter made from Urad Dal is a popular breakfast item from South India.
Servings 13 Makes
Calories 163kcal
Ingredients
- 1 cup Whole Blackgram / Urad Dal
- 2 tablespoon Channa Dal
- 1 no Onion Medium Size or Onion Shallots 5 no's
- 2 no Green Chilli chopped
- 2 tablespoon Coconut Pieces
- 1 inch Ginger Grated
- 3-4 pinches Asafoetidia
- 4-5 no Black Peppercorns ,roughly crushed
- 1 spring Curry leaves
- 2 tablespoon Coriander leaves chopped
- ¾ - 1 teaspoon Salt
- Oil for deep frying
Instructions
- Wash and soak Urad dal for 3-4 hours.
- Drain water completely and transfer to mixer and grind. Just sprinkle some cold water if required and grind to a thick, smooth batter.
- Whilst keep oil for heating.
- Chop onions, green chillies, greens and add to the batter. Add asafoetida, salt, rice flour mix everything.
- Once oil is hot enough, wet your hands, take a big lemon size batter in right hand ,weigh and make round, at the centre of the batter press from thumb to make a hole and slowly slide into hot oil.
- Fry on medium high heat till it turns nice golden colour.
- Serve hot with coconut chutney and sambar.
Notes
- Use ice cold water to grind the urad dal to smooth batter.
- Keep the batter in refrigerator for minimum 30 minutes ,this makes you to shape well the urad vada and makes crisp too.
Nutrition
Calories: 163kcal