Recipe for Medu Vada
Equipment
- Mixing jar
Ingredients
- 1 cup Urad dal
- 6 dry red chilies
- 1 tbsp cumin seeds
- 5-6 curry leaves
- ½ inch Ginger
- 1 tbsp salt as per taste
- 1 cup water
Instructions
- Take 1 cup Urad dal and wash it thoroughly
- Soak it for 2 hours
- After 2 hours drain the water and transfer the soaked urad dal into a mixing jar
- Now. add 6 dry red chilies
- Add 1 tbsp cumin seeds
- Add 5-6 curry leaves and ½ inch Ginger
- Next, add 1 tbsp salt as per taste
- Add 1 cup water
- Grind it into a smooth paste
- Now the batter for vada is ready
- Transfer it into a bowl
- Heat oil in a pan for frying
- Now apply some water to your palm and take a small amount of batter and start giving the shape of vada to it
- Add it to the hot oil and start frying
- One more method is, apply some water to the surface of a big spatula and take some batter on it and start making vada
- Directly flip the spatula on the surface of the oil..the vada will get itself into the oil...Watch the video for a better understanding of the Method.
- Once one side of the vada is fried well, flip it
- Fry until the color of the vada turn golden brown and oil bubbles start to disappear
- Now, take out the fried vada onto a plate spread with Tissue...It helps to reduce excess oil from vada.
- Now the crunchy and tasty vada is ready to savor.
Notes
How to fix a Runny batter?
Add 1 tbsp rice flour to it and give a good mix...If needed, add some more rice flour to it and mix, till it gets a perfect texture...Watch the video to understand it better...