Wednesday, January 27, 2016

Masala Vadai






Masala vadai is very famous snack item in South India.
It is easy n quick to prepare, crispy, tastes delicious and goes well with hot tea and south Indian meals.

Ingredients
 


Channa dal (kadalai paruppu)
1 cup
Oats
3 tbsp
Hing powder
1 tsp
Salt        
as required
Black Pepper
2 tsp
Red chilli
6 (add more for more spiciness)
Cumin seeds (jeeragam)
2 tsp
Aniseeds (perunjeeragam)
2 tsp
Half of one big size onion
finely chopped
Coriander  and curry leaves
finely chopped
Oil
as required for deep frying
















Steps:
-Soak channa dal for two hours.

















-Strain the water.
-Take 2 tbsp of soaked whole channa dal and keep it aside.
-Load the remaining dal in mixer grinder.
-To that add red chilli, pepper, salt, hing powder, 1 tsp cumin seeds, 1 tsp aniseeds  .

 
-Now grind but not to fine paste
-Take it in a bowl, to that add soaked whole channa dal, oats, onion, coriander n curry leaves, 1 tsp of cumin seeds and aniseed each .






















 -Mix Well























-Heat oil in kadai for deep frying


















-Make sure that oil is hot enough for frying , drop a pinch of mix, if it floats n fries immediately then oil is ready
-Take small quantity of mix in your palm, make a ball, flatten it lightly then gently drop it in oil






















-Fry till golden brown and strain excess oil 
-Now delicious masala vadai is ready to serve. 

 

4 comments:

Unknown said...

Really elaborate presentation of every step with pictures and it seems very rich in.taste . Good wishes

pradeepa venkat said...

Awesome pictures. Looks very delicious

Bhuvaneswari said...

Thank you Ba! :)

Bhuvaneswari said...

Thank you Pradeepa! more recipes coming soon... Keep commenting :)