Recipe: at dinner Uzhunnu vada

Recipe: at dinner Uzhunnu vada Delicious, fresh and tasty.
Uzhunnu vada. Uzhunnu vada, also known as medu vada or urad dal fritters, is a common snack in South India. What can be a more ideal complement to a hot piping tea? It is not only popular as a snack but also as a part of a yummy breakfast along with idli, sambar and chutney.
Uzhunnu vada or medu vada is made of uzhunnu or urad dal.
Uzhunnu or ulundu as known in South India is uradu dal, as known in North India is actually black gram without the outer skin.
We use the black gram (uzhunnu dal) which has its skin removed.
You can cook Uzhunnu vada using 11 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook that.
Ingredients of Uzhunnu vada
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You need 1 cup of urad dal.
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It’s 1 tablespoon of urad dal.
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It’s 1 tablespoon of raw rice.
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Prepare 1 teaspoon of ginger chopped.
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It’s 1 teaspoon of green chilli chopped.
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It’s 4 of shallots chopped.
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Prepare of curry leaves.
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It’s a few of pepper cones.
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You need pinch of asafoetida a.
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You need of oil.
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Prepare of salt.
Uzhunnu Vada is a popular snack in Kerala cuisine very enjoyable with a cup of hot tea.
The delicious snack can also be accommodated as a breakfast dish too with chutney and hot sambar.
Counted as nutritious and light on the stomach, the ground black gram mixture is pressed into soft rounds on the palm.
Uzhunnu Vada aka Medu Vada or Urad Dal Fritters is a popular south Indian snack usually served with Masala Dosa or taken as a breakfast itself.
Uzhunnu vada step by step
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Soak 1 cup of urad dal in water overnight.
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Lightly dry roast the 1 tablespoon of urad dal and raw rice and grind it to a fine powder.
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Now grind the soaked urad dal adding very little water.
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Mix the powderd dal-rice mix to the urad dal.
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Add salt and the rest of the ingredients(shallots,chilli,pepper,curry leaves,ginger,asafoetida) and give it a good mix and let it sit for 10 minutes.
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Wet your hands with water and scoop about a table spoon and half of the mixture onto your hand and shape it like a doughnut(or rather like a polo"mint with a hole":) )…
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Now slide this doughnut shaped batter into hot oil and fry till golden brown.
Grind it to a smooth paste without adding water.
If its hard to grind, sprinkle little water.
Grind the dal into a smooth paste, in small quantities by adding minimum water only.
In a wet grinder, grind the dal in small portions without adding water, if the grinder is unable to.
Medu vada recipe with step by step photos - Crispy, fluffy and delicious vada that goes very well with coconut chutney or sambar.