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easy vada recipe, how to make masala vada, Indian Style tea time snack, Masala Vada, Paruppu Vadai, vada recipe
I always feel this is the easiest recipe of vada variety. It would never go wrong 😛 Any tea shops in Tamil Nadu, you can find masala vada at anytime. A great tea time snack. I can eat this even with yogurt rice 🙂 Lots of variation can be done with this. We can add spinach, veggies etc. This is the basic vada recipe.
Ingredients:
Channa Dal : 1 1/2 cup
Red Chili : 3
Fennel Seeds : 1 teaspoon
Onion : 1/2 of a large
Salt : 1 teaspoon
Curry Leaves : Few
Cilantro Leaves : Few
Ginger : 1 inch piece
Garlic : 4 to 5 pods
Asafoetida : 1 teaspoon
Oil : for deep frying
Method:
- Soak channa dal in water for minimum 4 hours or overnight.
- Then drain water and grind the dal with garlic, ginger, fennel seeds and red chili. Make it a coarse paste. Add very minimal water while grinding.
- When you are ready to fry the vada’s, add salt, asafoetida, chopped cilantro leaves, chopped curry leaves with the batter and mix well.
- Heat oil in a heavy bottomed pan. Make sure the oil is heated in medium flame.
- To check if oil is ready, put a small drop of batter and it should come up immediately.
- Now take a small ball of batter, flatten it between palms ,slide it in to the oil and deep fry it on both the sides.
- When you slide the vada, make sure the first side cooks for at least 2 mins, then turn over to the next side. There are chances that the vada might break, if turned without cooking properly.
- Drain in a paper towel and serve with a hot cup of chai 🙂
my mom makes this on most of the festivals-looks palatable Malar…
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Thanks Chitra 🙂
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I m craving for it now..looks yum yum
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Come over 🙂
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awesome 🙂
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Thanks Sonal 🙂
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This looks perfect. The colour OMG… ❤
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Thanks Charu ❤
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Looks very crunchy. . off course it would have tasted delicious too
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Thanks Sri 🙂
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Yummy! They look uniform and delicious.
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Thanks Apsara!!
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Love it Malar, I can eat a dozen of them 😀
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Thanks Linda, me too 😀
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Its raining & stormy here Malar & some parippu vada would be so perfect right now! Yummy!!
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Thanks Naina! Yep this will great when it rains 🙂
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I am so making this and soon
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Waiting to hear from you Sonal 🙂
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I love Chana dal recipe…this looks so yummy and crispy…
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Thanks you very much 🙂
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I can feel the crunch 😋
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Thanks Swati 🙂
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