Urad Dal Vada
Healthy & delicious protein packed urad dal vada that can be served as both breakfast and snacks.
Ingredients
- 1 cup Whole skinless urad dal
- 1 small size red onion
- 1 teaspoon black pepper
- 2 green chillies
- 1 sprig curry leaves
- 1 inch ginger piece
- 1 tbsp rice flour
- Salt to taste
- ⅓ cup water
- Oil for frying
Instructions
- Wash urad dal several times in water and soak for 2 hours in the refrigerator.
- After 2 hours drain the water from urad dal and grind smoothly adding little water intermittently. Urad dal must be smooth and fluffy.
- Take the urad dal batter in a wide bowl and add finely chopped onions, green chillies, curry leaves, coarsely ground black pepper, finely grated ginger and salt. Add one tablespoon of rice flour.
- Mix everything together and beat the batter with your hand continuously so that air is incorporated into the batter.
- This step is crucial since proper beating brings out the fluffiest and crispest vadas.
- Now heat a pan and add oil for deep frying.
- Once the oil is hot, wet your fingers, take a little bit of batter, make a hole with your thumb and gently place inside the oil.
- Once evenly browned, flip over the vadas and cook.
- Strain and serve hot.
Notes
- Once the batter is ready, vadas should be made immediately. Otherwise the vadas will not be fluffy.
- Adding rice flour brings out crispest vadas but should be added carefully. Adding more rice flour makes the vadas hard.
- You can refrigerate leftover vadas and microwave at high for 2 mins and serve. Microwaved vadas will not be crispy but will be soft.
- You can make sambar vadas and curd vadas with microwaved vadas.