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Medu vada

Instant 20 mins vada
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Ingredients

  • 1 cup rice flour
  • 1 cup + 1/2 cup water
  • 1/2 cup thick curd
  • Required salt

Vada dough

  • 1 tablespoon Coconut oil

Add ons

  • 3/4 cup finely chopped onions
  • 1 + 1/2 tablespoon finely chopped ginger
  • 1 teaspoon Asafoetida
  • Few curry leaves
  • 2 green chilli finely chopped
  • 1 tablespoon red chilli flakes

Instructions

  • Firstly add rice flour, water, salt, and curd to a wide vessel; mix well till you get Lump free smooth batter
  • Add oil to a wide heavy-bottomed pan and pour rice flour slurry
  • Turn on the stove in low- medium flame and keep mixing for a lump-free smooth dough
  • Thickens well and dough comes together
  • Without touching the pan it turns to a whole mass
  • Check if the dough is at the right consistency, Nonstick when touched with wet hands
  • Vadai dough is ready; turn off the stove
  • Transfer to a plate and cover with a damp cloth
  • Warm enough to roll? Grease with little oil and mix well; If the dough has any lumps, break it
  • Add onion, ginger, asafoetida, curry leaves, green chilli, and dried red chilli flakes; mix well
  • Grease your hands with little oil and pinch a portion of the dough
  • Roll and flatten. Make a hole in the center
  • Heat oil and fry vadai in batches
  • Avoid flipping immediately. Give time to fry
  • Flip and fry both sides golden brown
  • Drain oil in the oil filter and serve hot vadai

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Notes

  1. Shape vada according to your desired size
  2. Add extra spice and seasoning to the vadai dough else vada will taste bland
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